亚洲网紅露点

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unction

[ uhngk-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
  2. an unguent or ointment; salve.
  3. something soothing or comforting.
  4. an excessive, affected, sometimes cloying earnestness or fervor in manner, especially in speaking.
  5. Religion.
    1. the oil used in religious rites, as in anointing the sick or dying.
    2. the shedding of a divine or spiritual influence upon a person.
    3. the influence shed.
  6. the manifestation of spiritual or religious inspiration.


unction

/ 藞蕦艐办蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. RC Church Eastern Churches the act of anointing with oil in sacramental ceremonies, in the conferring of holy orders
  2. excessive suavity or affected charm
  3. an ointment or unguent
  4. anything soothing or comforting
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞耻苍肠迟颈辞苍濒别蝉蝉, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍肠顎僼颈辞苍路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of unction1

1350鈥1400; Middle English unctioun < Latin 奴苍肠迟颈艒苍 (stem of 奴苍肠迟颈艒 ) anointing, besmearing, equivalent to 奴苍肠迟 ( us ) (past participle of ung ( u ) ere to smear, anoint) + -颈艒苍- -ion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of unction1

C14: from Latin 耻苍肠迟颈艒 an anointing, from ungere to anoint; see unguent
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Example Sentences

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If I were diagnosing democracy right now in America, it is in a state of extreme unction.

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鈥淎s your holy apostles anointed many who were sick so may those who in faith receive this holy unction be made whole. Allen, can you please rub a drop of oil on the patient鈥檚 forehead?鈥

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Over the years, he proposed his own nouns of multitude, including an unction of undertakers, a shrivel of critics and a queue of actors.

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Ben bathed in the unction of his shouted name.

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The role not only artfully transmuted Morgan鈥檚 persona but also used the unique unction of his performance to comment on the entanglement of race and comedy.

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