Synonyms for anointed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-noint

Phonetic Transcription : əˈnɔɪnt

Définition of anointed

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

verb bless, usually with oil or water

Example sentences :

She was good, and she had been anointed with the oil of gladness.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

As recognition of my ability I was commissioned to write the book 'God's Anointed.'
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

In such a case, is the substance which is anointed the same as the colour or ointment?
Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato

Yet must my eyes have been anointed, for others passed her by without a second glance.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

Was not the King the anointed vicegerent of God, who could not be too much honoured?
Extract from : « A History of French Literature » by Edward Dowden

Night after night, she counted her bruises and anointed them with liniments.
Extract from : « Teddy: Her Book » by Anna Chapin Ray

Titania, anointed with the juice, falls in love with Bottom.
Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by John Masefield

Lysander, anointed with the juice, falls in love with Helena.
Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by John Masefield

When we “walk in love” our eyes are anointed with “the eye-salve” of grace.
Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett

After the bath, the bathers were anointed with oil and took refreshments.
Extract from : « Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine » by James Sands Elliott

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