inunct

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

• 🇫🇷Verbe désuet signifiant oindre ou frotter avec de l'huile ou une pommade, surtout dans un contexte religieux ou cérémoniel.

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.

   🇫🇷oindre

   Synonymes: anointoil

   Antonymes: defiledesecrateprofane