unction
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌŋkʃən/
- Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən
Noun
unction (countable and uncountable, plural unctions)
- A salve or ointment.
- Dryden
- The king himself the sacred unction made.
- Dryden
- A religious or ceremonial anointing.
- Milton
- To be heir, and to be king / By sacred unction, thy deserved right.
- Milton
- A balm or something that soothes.
- A smug, exaggerated use of language; smarminess.
- Divine or sanctifying grace.
Related terms
Translations
salve or ointment
religious or ceremonial anointing
balm or something that soothes
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