v.
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.
Phrase
- Anointing of the Sick
(in the Roman Catholic Church) the sacramental anointing of the ill or infirm with blessed oil; unction.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. enoint, enoindre, from L. inungere, from in- ‘upon’ + ungere ‘anoint, smear with oil’.
