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21Unction — See Anointing the Sick …
22Unction — Salvning …
23unction — An anointing with oil: kings and priests were to be consecrated [[➝ consecration]] with oil (1 Sam. 10:1 ff.; Lev. 8:12). healing [[➝ healings]] with the use of oil is commended by James (5:14–15). Messiah (‘Christ’) means ‘anointed’ and the fact …
24unction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. anointing; unguent, ointment; unctuousness, gushing; fervor. See feeling. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Ointment] Syn. oil, unguent, liniment; see salve . 2. [Sacrament] Syn. anointing, laying on of hands,… …
25unction — anointing as right of consecration or healing; warmth of address Ecclesiastical Terms …
26unction — unc·tion || ʌŋkʃn n. act of anointing, pouring of oil; soothing or ingratiating words; fervor, excitement …
27unction — n. 1. Anointing, smearing, rubbing. 2. (Rare.) Unguent, ointment. 3. Fervor, warmth, ardor, fervency, earnestness, passion, enthusiasm, power, force, spirit, energy, verve, emotion, devotional feeling …
28unction — n 1. anointing, oiling, lubrication, Eccles. chrism. 2. balm, salve, ointment, unguent, oil, lotion, lubricant; liniment, embrocation, emollient, demulcent, Med. abirritant, palliative. 3.(all affected in speech) earnestness, fervor, ardor,… …
29unction — unc·tion …
30unction — unc•tion [[t]ˈʌŋk ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of anointing, esp. as a medical treatment or religious rite 2) the oil used in religious rites, as in anointing the sick or dying 3) something soothing or comforting 4) an affected or excessive earnestness …
