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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 343 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IMPOSITION (from
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Lat. imponere, to
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place or
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lay upon)  , in ecclesiastical usage, the " laying on " of hands by a
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bishop at the services of
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confirmation and ordination as a sign that some
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special spiritual
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gift is conferred, or that the recipient is set apart for some special service or
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work . The word is also used of the levying of a burdensome or unfair tax or
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duty, and of a
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penalty, and hence is applied to a
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punishment task given to a schoolboy . From " impose " in the sense of " to pass off " on some one,
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imposition means also a
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trick or deception . In the
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printing
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trade the
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term is used of the arrangement of pages of type in the " forme," being one of the stages between composing and printing .

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