Crossword clues for anointing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
-
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. -
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.
Wiktionary
n. anointment vb. (present participle of anoint English)
WordNet
n. the act of applying oil or an oily liquid [syn: anointment]
Wikipedia
Anointing is the ritual act of pouring aromatic oil over a person's head or entire body. By extension, the term is also applied to related acts of sprinkling, dousing, or smearing a person or object with any perfumed oil, milk, butter, or other fat. Scented oils are used as perfumes and sharing them is an act of hospitality. Their use to introduce a divine influence or presence is recorded from the earliest times; anointing was thus used as a form of medicine, thought to rid persons and things of dangerous spirits and demons which were believed to cause disease.
In present usage, "anointing" is typically used for ceremonial blessings such as the coronation of European monarchs. This continues an earlier Hebrew practice most famously observed in the anointings of Aaron as high priest and both Saul and David by the prophet Samuel. The concept is important to the figures of the Messiah and the Christ ( Hebrew and Greek for "The Anointed One") who appear prominently in Jewish and Christian theology and eschatology. Anointing—particularly the anointing of the sick—may also be known as unction; the anointing of the dying as part of last rites in the Catholic church is sometimes specified as " extreme unction".
Usage examples of "anointing".
The anointing takes place at the Bethany home of Lazarus, Mary and Martha, and it is Mary who performs the anointing.
Even so, according to them the anointing took place at the house of one Simon the Leper.
Both the anointing of the live Jesus and the intended anointing of his corpse are ritual acts of great significance, and if nothing else they connect the two women.
It is this air of distastefulness that, intentionally or otherwise, has effectively detracted from the true significance of the anointing of Jesus.
There is, of course, only one anointing of Jesus mentioned in the Gospels.
If the anointing of Jesus had been a frivolous or meaningless gesture it would never have been recorded at all.
If true, this may explain why the anointing seemed so foreign to the other disciples, although there is still the apparent problem as to why Jesus should be so tolerant of it.
If Mary of Bethany were really a pagan priestess, why was she anointing Jesus?
This is a clear link between the anointing of Jesus and the Song of Songs.
She it was who bestowed his Messiahship by ritually anointing him with spikenard, and if the idea that she was wealthy is correct, then perhaps her influence made the initiatory and magical rite of the Crucifixion possible.
The fragment contains parts of two familiar episodes, the anointing of Jesus by Mary of Bethany and the instigation of the eucharist at the Last Supper, both of which are important in our investigation, and such an early date would support the arguments put forward in Chapters Twelve and Thirteen.
Gospels have no great knowledge of the politics and practices of the time, and so for them this anointing seems incidental, a mark of respect perhaps, or as some church commentators have argued, an ornate ceremony for greeting an honored guest.
Little Bear family shamans left the hogan while Father Ombroz administered the last anointing to his oldest convert.
The anointing of kings was not absolutely necessary under the Old Testament, for we read not that all the kings of Judah and Israel were anointed.
Christ being now come, all those ceremonies cease: and, therefore, the anointing of kings ought not to be used in the New Testament.