anoint

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anoint ceremonially confer divine or holy office upon a priest or monarch by smearing or rubbing with oil; the word is recorded from Middle English, and comes ultimately (via French) from Latin inungere, from in- ‘upon’ + ungere ‘anoint, smear with oil’.
Anointing of the Sick (in the Roman Catholic Church) the sacramental anointing of the ill or infirm with blessed oil, unction.

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