inunct

An obsolete verb meaning to anoint or smear with oil or ointment, especially in a religious or ceremonial context.

• 🇷🇺Устаревший глагол, означающий помазывать или натирать маслом или мазью, особенно в религиозном или церемониальном контексте.

1. To anoint C2 formal

   To apply oil or ointment to someone or something, usually as part of a religious ceremony of blessing or consecration.

   • The priest inuncted the candidate's forehead with holy oil.
   • In ancient rituals, priests would inunct the statues of gods.
   • He was inuncted before the coronation ceremony began.
   • They inuncted the sick person with blessed ointment.

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   Synonyms: anointoil

   Antonyms: defiledesecrateprofane