Imposition

Imposition

Imposition (v. lat.), 1) Auf- od. Hineinlegen: z.B. I. mannum, das Sacrament der Firmelung bei den Katholiken, so v.w. Auflegung der Hände; 2) Auflage, bes. zum Kirchenbau, wo kein Fond dazu da ist; 3) (Liturg.), in der Katholischen Kirche so v.w. Intonatio.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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