anoint – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
anoint
v.
apply or rub oil or ointment; rub oil on a person's head or feet as part of a religious ceremony (such as in a Christian baptism); smear with a liquid; ordain a person ceremonially or officially in office or to function, anele
Anointing
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.
anoint
Verb
1. administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
(synonym) inunct, oil, anele, embrocate
(hypernym) bless
(derivation) anointing, anointment
anoint
v.
pomazat
Anoint
(v. t.)
To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
(v. t.)
To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
(p. p.)
Anointed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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