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Inunction

//ɪnˈʌŋkʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The anointing or rubbing in of oil or balm. countable, uncountable

    "Besides these fomentations, irrigations, inunctions, odoraments, prescribed for the head, there must be the like used for the liver, spleen, stomach, hyperchondries, etc."

  2. 2
    anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual wordnet

Etymology

From Latin inunctio, from inunctus, past participle of inungo (“anoint”), from in- + ungo (“anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

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