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noun (n)

• anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  unction
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.(noun)

  source: webster1913