Imposition Definition

ĭmpə-zĭshən
noun
An imposing or imposing on.
Webster's New World
The act of imposing or the condition of being imposed.
American Heritage
Something imposed.
Webster's New World
A burdensome or unfair demand, as upon someone's time.
Listened to the telemarketer but resented the imposition.
American Heritage
The arrangement of type pages or plates in the proper order of printing.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Imposition

Noun

Singular:
imposition
Plural:
impositions

Origin of Imposition

  • From Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio

    From Wiktionary

Imposition Sentence Examples

  • According to common opinion, the matter and form of ordination to the episcopate were the imposition of the consecrating bishop's hands with the words, " Receive the Holy Ghost."

  • Would it be such an imposition to take just one day off to go see my parents?

  • Ordination is to be effected by imposition of hands.

  • As a result of incurring the large debt, a clause in the constitution prohibits the legislature from contracting a debt without providing by the imposition of taxes for the payment of the interest annually and the principal within fifteen years, except to meet a temporary deficiency not exceeding $50,000.

  • Jabez Bunting, who had become the acknowledged leader of the conference, wished to have its young ministers set apart by the imposition of hands, but this scriptural custom was not introduced till 1836.

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Words Starting With

IIMIMP

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With I and Ending With N

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