Associations to the word «Anointing»

Wiktionary

ANOINTING, verb. Present participle of anoint
ANOINTING, noun. Anointment
ANOINTING OF THE SICK, proper noun. A Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a sick or dying person with oil and prays for his salvation

Dictionary definition

ANOINTING, noun. The act of applying oil or an oily liquid.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne