cheiron

[4603] The Greek is preserved here, and reads, dia tes theias ektaseos ton cheiron -- literally, "through the divine extension of hands."

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

From these two passages we learn that in the earliest ages of the Church there was a rite, distinct from baptism, in which the Holy Ghost was conferred by the imposition of hands (dia tes epitheseos ton cheiron ton Apostolon), and that the power to perform this ceremony was not implied in the power to baptize.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

From the external rite it is known as the "imposition of hands" (epithesis cheiron), or as "anointing with chrism" (unctio, chrismatio, chrisma, myron).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

82: [Greek: kai ho artos kai to elaion agiazetai tê dunamei tou onomatos ou ta auta onta kata to phainomenon dia elêphthê, alla du amei eis dunamin pneumatikên metabeblêtai] (that is, not into a new super-terrestrial material, not into the real body of Christ, but into a spiritual power) [Greek: outôs kai to hudôr kai to exorkizomenon kai to baptisma ginomenon ou monon chôrei to cheiron, alla kai agiasmon proslambanei].

History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890