Anoint vs Unction - What's the difference?
anoint | unction |
(label) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
* And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint . —Dryden.
* He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. —John ix. 6.
(label) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
* Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. —Exod. xxix. 7.
* Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. —1 Kings xix. 15.
to choose or nominate somebody for an leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor
to mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony
a salve or ointment
* Dryden
a religious or ceremonial anointing
* Milton
a balm or something that soothes
a smug, exaggerated use of language; smarminess
divine or sanctifying grace
As a verb anoint
is to smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.As a noun unction is
a salve or ointment.anoint
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* annoint (nonstandard)Verb
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* *unction
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Noun
(en noun)- The king himself the sacred unction made.
- To be heir, and to be king / By sacred unction , thy deserved right.