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anointing

[ UK /ɐnˈɔ‍ɪntɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of applying oil or an oily liquid

How To Use anointing In A Sentence

  • They observe seven sacraments: the Eucharist, Baptism, Confirmation, Penance, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and the Anointing of the Sick.
  • Upon her head was placed a coif to protect the holy oil from running down - the coif, we know from the accounts, was of cambric lace; there were gloves of white linen and fine cotton wool to dry up the oil after the anointing.
  • A ripe smell, the smell of her ache and her loneliness pouring out of her and anointing its cure. GALILEE
  • Now she was vested for the anointing; buskins, sandals and girdle put on, and over all a tabard of white sarsnet, the vestment called the colobium sindonis.
  • She'll get us into terrible trouble," and Angelica, anointing her sore parts with healing jellies, said, `I don't know. SPLITTING
  • Anointing the house cricket Timothy as Pinocchio's conscience guide, the two set off on a series of wild and wacky adventures, each providing a valuable lesson on the road to becoming a real boy.
  • Moses then took the anointing oil, anointed the Tabernacle, and all that was within it and consecrated it.
  • Again, no express mention is made of anointing with chrism; but we note that the idea of unction is commonly associated with the giving of the Holy Ghost. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • The Pope has been given ‘last rites’ (or rather, the sacrament of anointing the sick).
  • Ritually anointing our hands is both a symbol of the renewal of creation as well as a spiritual cleansing in preparation for the work of the new day.
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