to anoint

Examples

• All

• Years ago, David had been chosen by God and anointed by Samuel to one day be king of Israel.

  Fiction book (2001)

• You anoint my head with oil and you comfort me.

  Tsunambee (2017)

• And last year, multiple times, I had people lay hands on me, anoint me with oil.

  Ryan Pineda

• Jesus says that the reason she did this was to anoint my body for burial.

  Alex O'Connor

• I'm going to anoint it in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, both of them.

• Then be thou anointed with this holy oil.

  Johnny English (2003)

• We now anoint you with the Chrism of Salvation as Christ was anointed priest, prophet and king.

  The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

• I, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, hereby anoint you, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

  Chevalier (2023)

• During the ceremony, the priest will anoint the new altar with sacred oil.

• The king was traditionally anointed in a grand ceremony to mark his reign.

Synonyms

O

to oil

vsto anoint

42 4.1

To put a slippery liquid on something to make it move more easily or for a ritual

focuses on applying ointment to people during religious or ceremonial acts

A

to anele

vsto anoint

• Archaic

9.9

To put oil on someone in a religious ceremony

is the same action but a different word form used

I

to inunct

vsto anoint

• Archaic

9.9

To put oil or ointment on someone as part of a religious blessing

is used for similar acts but for ceremonies in general

E

to embrocate

vsto anoint

9.9

To put oil or ointment on a part of the body for healing and blessing

is used more for ceremonial or blessing acts than healing

How Sacred

to consecrate

• Formal

33 7.4

to sanctify

24 7.4

to hallow

• Formal

52 8.9

to anoint

23 6.8

to bless

• Formal

624 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology