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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Unction
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Unction
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Unction
• Extreme Unction
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Unction
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Preaching: Need of Prayer and Unction
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Unction
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Unction
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Unction
King James Dictionary
• Unction
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Unction
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Unction, Extreme
• Extreme Unction
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Unction
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Unction
Webster Dictionary
• Unction
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Unction
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Unction
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Extreme Unction
• Unction
• Unction in Preaching
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Extreme Unction
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Extreme Unction
Lexicons
• ܡܫܺܝܚܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• χρῖσμα

(1):

(n.) That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive.

(2):

(n.) The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction.

(3):

(n.) That quality in language, address, or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor.

(4):

(n.) Divine or sanctifying grace.