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
- 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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