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un⋅a⋅neled

[uhn-uh-neeld]
–adjective Archaic.
not having received extreme unction.

Origin:
1595–1605; un- 1 + aneled
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un·a·neled   (ŭn'ə-nēld')   
adj.   Archaic
Not having received extreme unction.

[un-1 + aneled, past participle of anele, to anoint, administer extreme unction (from Middle English anelen : an-, on from Old English on-; see on + elen, to anoint from ele, oil, from Old English, from Latin oleum; see oil).]
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