Concept cluster: Social systems > Anointing or applying oil
v
Alternative form of adonise [(transitive) To embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.]
n
An aleconner.
v
Alternative form of anele [(obsolete) To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.]
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(obsolete) To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.
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(obsolete) To anoint with oil.
n
The person or thing that is anointed
n
The act of anointing with oil or other liquids.
n
Pronunciation spelling of consumer. [One who, or that which, consumes.]
n
The action of anointing a person with oil.
adj
Alternative form of enurny [(heraldry) Charged with animals.]
n
(Christianity) The Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.
v
(rare) To give a facial (personal beauty treatment) to.
n
An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
v
to isolate oneself; to become a hermit
n
The anointing or rubbing in of oil or balm.
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Alternative form of laying on of hands [(religion, chiefly Christianity) The practice of using touch to communicate spiritual energy from one person to another, especially as an act of healing and (Christianity) the charism whereby new bishops are initiated into the apostolic succession.]
n
One who applies lute.
n
(US) A cemetery.
n
A ceremony to honor a deceased person; a funeral.
v
Obsolete form of anoint. [(transitive) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.]
v
(now rare, poetic) To anoint.
n
A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals.
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To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
n
(UK) A person who works for the Samaritans telephone helpline, taking calls from suicidal members of the public.
v
(archaic) To anoint, especially a monarch or other patriarchal leader.

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