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Definitions of anoints in various dictionaries:
verb - choose by or as if by divine intervention
verb - administer an oil or ointment to
verb - to apply oil to as a sacred rite
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| Applies holy oil to |
| Rubs on |
| Makes sacred, in a way |
| Dubs |
| Chooses formally |
| Rubs holy oil on |
| Consecrates, in a way |
| Puts oil on |
| Consecrates |
| Rubs oil on |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Mar 21 2003 New York Times |
| May 1 1999 New York Times |
| Oct 29 1997 New York Times |
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| Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anoint. |
| smear or rub with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony. |
| Smear or rub with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony. |
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Anointing is the ritual act of pouring aromatic oil over a person's head or entire body. By extension, the term is also applied to related acts of sprinkling, dousing, or smearing a person or object with any perfumed oil, milk, butter, or other fat. Scented oils are used as perfumes and sharing them is an act of hospitality. Their use to introduce a divine influence or presence is recorded from the earliest times; anointing was thus used as a form of medicine, thought to rid persons and things of dangerous spirits and demons which were believed to cause disease. * In present usage, "anointing" is typically used for ceremonial blessings such as the coronation of European monarchs. This continues an earlier Hebrew practice most famously observed in the anointings of Aaron as high priest and both Saul and David by the prophet Samuel. The concept is important to the figures of the Messiah and the Christ (Hebrew and Greek for "The Anointed One") who appear prominently in Jewish and Christian |