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unction
[ uhngk-shuhn ]
noun
- an act of anointing, especially 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, especially in speaking.
- Religion.
- the oil used in religious rites, as in anointing the sick or dying.
- the shedding of a divine or spiritual influence upon a person.
- the influence shed.
- the manifestation of spiritual or religious inspiration.
unction
/ ˈʌŋkʃən /
noun
- RC Church Eastern Churches the act of anointing with oil in sacramental ceremonies, in the conferring of holy orders
- excessive suavity or affected charm
- an ointment or unguent
- anything soothing or comforting
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Derived Forms
- ˈunctionless, adjective
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Other Words From
- unction·less adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unction1
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Example Sentences
Rather late that evening we administered extreme unction to him, for otherwise he was sufficiently prepared for it.
Chet was reading his lines with much unction while striding up and down Lauras pretty little room.
By spirituality and unction he redeemed a scarcely agreeable exterior.
The priest may be obliged to administer baptism, to hear confession, to give the Viaticum and Extreme Unction.
The ‘test’ he generally adopted was that of ‘swimming,’ which James I. recommends with much unction in his ‘Demonologie.’
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