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Anointed

Anoint \A*noint"\ ([.a]*noint"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Anointing.] [OF. enoint, p. p. of enoindre, fr. L. inungere; in + ungere, unguere, to smear, anoint. See Ointment, Unguent.]

  1. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.

    And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint.
    --Dryden.

    He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
    --John ix. 6.

  2. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.

    Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him.
    --Exod. xxix. 7.

    Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
    --1 Kings xix. 15.

    The Lord's Anointed, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by ``divine right.''
    --1 Sam. xxvi. 9.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
anointed

late 14c., "smeared with oil," past participle adjective from anoint (v.). Noun meaning "a consecrated one" (as in Lord's Anointed) is recorded from 1520s.

Wiktionary
anointed

n. a person who has been anointed, especially for religious reasons vb. (en-past of: anoint)

Wikipedia
Anointed

Anointed is a contemporary Christian music duo from Columbus, Ohio, known for their strong vocals and harmonies, featuring siblings Steve Crawford and Da'dra Crawford Greathouse, along with former members Nee-C Walls (who left the group in 2001) and Mary Tiller (who left in 1995). Their musical style includes elements of R&B, pop, rock, funk and piano ballads. The group has won seven Dove Awards, two Stellar Awards and three Grammy Award nominations. The group has also been featured on several Christian compilation albums such as Real Life Music, 1996 and WOW The 90s.

Usage examples of "anointed".

The Anointed had helped him, but only out of the basest of motives, and never as openly or effectively as John might have liked.

Throughout the remaining conversation the Anointed was visibly tired and irritable, while John was simply impatient to be done and leave.

He would need a tribe where the government was not as jealous of its power as the Anointed of the Chosen.

John guessed that the Anointed did, indeed, equate physical strength with ambition and power, and allowed no big strong men into positions of power lest they one day overthrow him.

That seemed odd, since the Anointed himself was so grotesquely fat that the effort of hauling his own weight around left him with little strength for anything else.

Perhaps that was another reason that the Anointed had wanted nothing to do with them.

Grace would be permitted to discuss the possibility of trade with the Anointed the following morning.

Anointed ship were working properly, holding the Anointed in place as they had been so lovingly arranged.

At least the Gateway had brought the spinners to the Anointed and not sent them each off to some unexplained destination where they would be forever wandering.

Even the ship of the Anointed was strange once they were through the Gateway.

Riutta echoed She stopped and gazed at the hundreds of Anointed in their imitation of life.

Such luxury for those who had ceased to enjoy it The Anointed deserved everything, even pleasures they could never realize.

I want to see their logs, their drawings, what they say about themselves, about that ship, the Anointed, their historyeverything.

Using it as a club, he began hammering disrespectfully on the nearest Anointed, a male teenager with muscular shoulders and a terrible bone-deep wound across the entire front of his body, which had probably killed him.

This is my one chance to get control over my ship, my crew, the Blood, the Anointed, and you.