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Definition of Anointing

1. Noun. The act of applying oil or an oily liquid.

Definition of Anointing

1. Verb. (present participle of anoint) ¹

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Definition of Anointing

1. anoint [v] - See also: anoint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anointing

Literary usage of Anointing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The kings; in the Prankish kingdom it Anointing was first used in the case of Pepin ... 1200), designated the anointing of kings and princes as a sacrament, ..."

2. Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1920)
"With the great anointing of Indra Parvata and Narada anointed ... With this great anointing of Indra Vasistha anointed Sudas ..."

3. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"And none own the anointing within, who own not the light, which you who have ... The Quakers are not the gadding tribe, they have the anointing in them, ..."

4. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors, Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves (1876)
"Anointing WITH OIL OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN. THE custom and ceremony of anointing with oil by way of imparting some fancied spiritual power and religious ..."

5. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, — it shall be an holy anointing oil. ... (the portion) of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, ..."

6. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"Lastly, reference should be made to the abstention from anointing by the Essenes (Jos. BJ II. viii. 3). This is explained by Schürer (HJP IL ii. ..."

7. Sermons on Various Subjects, Evangelical, Devotional and Practical: Adapted by Joseph Lathrop (1810)
"The Anointing of the Spirit a fare evidence of our Title to eternal life. ... But the anointing, which ye have received nf him, abideth in you, ..."

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