anelingn.
/əˈniːlɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈni(ə)lɪŋ/ Now rare.
The action of anointing someone with oil, esp. (Christian Church) as part of a sacrament typically administered shortly before death; the sacrament or rite in which this takes place. Cf. the Anointing of the Sick at anointing n. Phrases.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > [noun]
chrisma1300
enoiling1340
anelingc1350
anointing1357
unctiona1387
ointinga1398
nointinga1400
ointmenta1400
smerlinga1400
anointmentc1440
greasingc1440
oiling1440
enunction?1483
inunction1483
chrismation1537
chrismatory1570
chrisom1725
society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > [noun] > of the sick or dying
last elingc1315
anelingc1350
last anointing1357
extreme unction1477
the Anointing of the Sick1575
last rites1594
chrism1635
the last sacraments1760
the sacrament of the sick1972
c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 39 (MED) Sacrement of an-Eliing Nou her ich wolle telle.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. xxxiiij/1 The last vnction or enelyng.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. xix. sig. E.ii Some that lye a dyinge saye ful deuoutly..praiers with the priest at their aneiling.
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy 206 And indeed [Consignari] is us'd in Antiquity for any signing with the Crosse, and anealing.
1823 S. Turner Hist. Eng. during Middle Ages III. iii. vii. 631 As his malady advanced he submitted to the Romish ceremony of aneling or anointing, for which he offered every part of his body.
1960 E. N. Caldwell Last Witness for R. L. Stevenson iii. 54 Through the priest's slow aneling he wept a parent's tears.
2004 S. J. Greenblatt Will in World (2005) x. 319 He did not receive extreme unction, the anointing (or aneling) of his body with holy oil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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