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Unction
ˈʌŋ(k)ʃn
Unction definitions
noun
unction
unctions
- the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite or as a symbol of investiture as a monarch
- treatment with a medicinal oil or ointment
- an ointment
"mercury in the form of unctions"
- a fervent manner of expression apparently arising from deep emotion, especially when assumed
"the headlines gloated with the kind of effusive unction only the English press can muster"