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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from [[Latin]] inunguere, from in- + unguere to smear | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from [[Latin]] inunguere, from in- + unguere to smear |
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− | The [[word]] is known in [[English]] since c. 1303, deriving from Old French enoint "smeared on", pp. of enoindre "smear on", itself from [[Latin]] inunguere, from in- "on" + unguere "to smear." Originally it only referred to grease or oil smeared on for [[medicinal]] [[purposes]]; its use in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverdale_Bible Coverdale Bible] in [[reference]] to [[Christ]] (cf. The Lord's Anointed, see Chrism) has spiritualized the sense of it, a sense expanded and expounded upon by St Paul's writings in his "Epistles". The title [[Christ]] is derived from the [[Hebrew]] [[Messiah]] and means [[literally]]; covered in oil, anointed. | + | The [[word]] is known in [[English]] since c. 1303, deriving from Old French enoint "smeared on", pp. of enoindre "smear on", itself from [[Latin]] inunguere, from in- "on" + unguere "to smear." Originally it only referred to grease or oil smeared on for [[medicinal]] [[purposes]]; its use in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverdale_Bible Coverdale Bible] in [[reference]] to [[Christ]] (cf. The Lord's Anointed, see Chrism) has spiritualized the sense of it, a sense expanded and expounded upon by St Paul's writings in his "Epistles". The title [[Christ]] is derived from the [[Hebrew]] [[Messiah]] and means [[literally]]; covered in oil, anointed. |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1: to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance | | *1: to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
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| :b : to [[choose]] by or as if by [[divine]] [[election]]; also : to designate as if by a [[ritual]] anointment <critics anointed the [[author]] as the bright new [[talent]]> | | :b : to [[choose]] by or as if by [[divine]] [[election]]; also : to designate as if by a [[ritual]] anointment <critics anointed the [[author]] as the bright new [[talent]]> |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | To '''anoint''' is to pour or smear with perfumed oil, milk, water, melted butter or other substances, a [[process]] employed [[ritual]]ly by many [[religions]]. People and [[things]] are anointed to [[symbolize]] the introduction of a [[sacramental]] or [[divine]] [[influence]], a [[holy]] [[emanation]], [[spirit]], [[power]] or god. It can also be seen as a [[spiritual]] mode of ridding [[persons]] and [[things]] of [[dangerous]] [[influences]], as of demons (Persian drug, [[Greek]] κηρες Keres, Armenian dev) believed to be or to cause [[disease]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoint] | + | To '''anoint''' is to pour or smear with perfumed oil, milk, water, melted butter or other substances, a [[process]] employed [[ritual]]ly by many [[religions]]. People and [[things]] are anointed to [[symbolize]] the introduction of a [[sacramental]] or [[divine]] [[influence]], a [[holy]] [[emanation]], [[spirit]], [[power]] or god. It can also be seen as a [[spiritual]] mode of ridding [[persons]] and [[things]] of [[dangerous]] [[influences]], as of demons (Persian drug, [[Greek]] κηρες Keres, Armenian dev) believed to be or to cause [[disease]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoint] |
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