1) An unguent or ointment 2) Anointment 3) Compliment 4) Fulsomeness 5) Ointment 6) Salve 7) Smarm 8) Smarminess 9) Smug self-serving earnestness
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1) Cerate 2) Chrism 3) Chrisom 4) Fulsomeness 5) Inunction 6) Oil 7) Ointment 8) Salve 9) Smarm 10) Smarminess 11) Unctuousness 12) Unguent
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anointing as right of consecration or healing; warmth of address
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• (n.) Divine or sanctifying grace. • (n.) That quality in language, address, or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor. • (n.) The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for me...
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In religion, anointing, either in a physical or a metaphorical sense of being appointed for a purpose. In the Hebrew Bible there are references to kings and priests being anointed as a sign of their...
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1. The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction. 'To be heir, and to be king By sacred unction, thy deserved right.' (Milton) ... 2. That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive. ...
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(ungk´shәn) ointment. inunction.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ŭngk′shŭn Definitions: 1. The action of anointing or rubbing with an ointment or oil.
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n] - excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm 2. [n] - anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
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unction 1. The act of anointing as part of a religious, ceremonial, or healing ritual. 2. An ointment or oil; a salve. 3. Something that serves to soothe; a balm. 4. Affected or exaggerated earnestness, especially in choice and use of language. 5. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm. 6. A semisolid preparation (usua...
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smarm noun excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
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an act of anointing, esp. as a medical treatment or religious rite. · an unguent or ointment; salve. · something soothing or comforting. · an excessive, affected, sometimes cloying earnestness or fervor in manner, esp. in speaking. · · the oil used in religious rites, as in anointing the sick or dying. · the sheddin...
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[SAT terms] anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
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excessive but superficial compliments with affected charm
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[Intelligent words] excessive but superficial compliments with affected charm
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