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Word definitions for unction in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unction \Unc"tion\, n. [OE. unccioun, uncioun, OF. oncion, onction, F. onction, fr. L. unctio, fr. ungere, unctum, to anoint. See Unguent .] The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of anointing as a religious rite," late 14c., from Latin unctionem (nominative unctio ) "anointing," from unctus , past participle of ungere "to anoint" (see unguent ).
Usage examples of unction.
Then he recited the Misereatur and the Indulgentiam, dipped his right thumb in the oil, and began to give extreme unction.
He threw so much kindness, so much unction, into his entreaties that, through weakness and weariness, I allowed myself to be persuaded.
Other reforms included the abolition of processions, of confirmation and of extreme unction.
But, of all the sacraments, Extreme Unction is nearest to the last end which is Happiness.
Extreme Unction, for this very reason, is given the last place among those sacraments which are ordained to the perfection of the individual.
Eucharist, Extreme Unction, and by all the sacraments of the New Law without exception, wherein grace is conferred, venial sins are remitted.
Baptism, which confers full remission of all sins, both as to guilt and as to punishment, and in Confirmation, wherein the fulness of the Holy Ghost is bestowed, and in Extreme Unction, which confers perfect spiritual health derived from the virtue of Christ as from an extrinsic principle.
With these words, a long benediction delivered with much unction informed me that my audience was at an end.
A few minutes later, to his gratification, he heard Drofo chiding Lankwiler for neglecting the unction.
Two years afterwards, I received from her a letter full of unction, in which she adjured me, in the name of Our Saviour and of the Holy Virgin, never to present myself before her eyes.
He threw so much kindness, so much unction, into his entreaties that, through weakness and weariness, I allowed myself to be persuaded.
Many of the kind have added their spot to the outcasts abominated for uncleanness--in holy unction.
They passed the Grand Stand in the following order: Syphilis first, Chancre second, Bubo third, and Suppuration a bad fourth, closely followed by Unction, Black Wash, Lint, and Copaiba.
The head and body of Charlemagne were consecrated by the royal unction: after the example of the Caesars, he was saluted or adored by the pontiff: his coronation oath represents a promise to maintain the faith and privileges of the church.
They eschewed spells and tried immersions, fumigations, potions, lotions, unctions, salves, decoctions, infusions, electuaries, powders, and pills, all to no effect.