Anointing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 anointment
"the anointings of Jesus"
- 2 the act of applying oil or an oily liquid wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of anoint form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"My love is like a spring among the hills whose brimming waters may not be confined, but pour one torrent through the ways that wind down to a garden; there the rose distills its nectar; there a tall, white lily fills night with anointing of two lovers, blind, dumb, deaf, of body, spirit, and of mind from breathless blending of far-sundered wills."
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