Inunction

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The process of applying and rubbing in an ointment.
  • n. The act of anointing, as in a religious ceremony.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The anointing or rubbing in of oil or balm.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The action of anointing; unction; in medicine, the act of rubbing in an ointment or a liniment.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    anointment    anointing    religious ritual    religious ceremony   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unction   
     
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