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.]
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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.
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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.
Usage examples of "the lord's anointed".
Peter assumed the character of a divine ambassador: a German chieftain was transformed into the Lord's anointed.
The highly trained choristers of Winchester, choir-monks and choirboys together, burst into the anthem of Zadok the Priest, Unxerunt Salomonem Zadok sacerdos, as the bishops prepared for the solemn moment of blessing with the holy oil, after which Alfred would be literally the Lord's Anointed, against whom rebellion was also sacrilege.
It transformed the crusading Welsh princes into common rebels against the Lord's anointed.
The thought that he was going to meet face to face the Lord's anointed was almost too much for her —.
The thought that he was going to meet face to face the Lord's anointed was almost too much for her - the midwife had come forward with a warning that all this excitement might bring on a fever.
The thought that he was going to meet face to face the Lord's anointed was almost too much for her the midwife had come forward with a warning that all this excitement might bring on a fever.