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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anoint/əˈnɔɪnt/
▶verb smear or rub with oil, especially as part of a religious ceremony.
■ ceremonially confer office on (a priest or monarch) by anointing.
■ (often as adj. anointed) nominate as successor.
– phrases
Anointing of the Sick (in the Roman Catholic Church) the sacramental anointing of the ill or infirm with blessed oil; unction.
Anointing of the Sick (in the Roman Catholic Church) the sacramental anointing of the ill or infirm with blessed oil; unction.
– derivatives
anointer noun.
anointer noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. enoint, enoindre, from L. inungere, from in- ‘upon’ + ungere ‘anoint, smear with oil’.
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