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