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n. - Anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual; Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation; Smug self-serving earnestness;

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  • We bought two boxes of unction during our trip last weekend.
  • This sacred chrism, or divine unction, is commended on these accounts: -- (1.)
  • As man, however, he has his fellows, and as an anointed person; but his unction is beyond all theirs.
  • The word unction was a term of reproach, and the rich, invaluable treasure for which it stood was an offence.
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