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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

(Lat. unctio, anointing, ungere, unguere, to smear with ointment, to anoint; cf. "ointment," O.Fr. oinnement, from oigner, mod. oindre, to anoint), the act of pouring, or rubbing oil, ointment or salve over or on to a person or object. The term is particularly used of the ceremonial practice of anointing with oil or unguents (see Anointing). The sacrament of the anointing of the sick in the Roman church is treated under Extreme Unction. The use of the term for religious fervour in speech has degenerated into its common meaning of exaggerated sentiment.