unctionn.

Brit.

/ˈʌŋ(k)ʃn/, U.S.

/ˈəŋkʃən/

Forms: Middle English vnccioun, Middle English–1500s vnccion (Middle English -ione, 1500s -yon); Middle English unxioun; Middle English–1500s uncion (Middle English ovncion); Middle English unctioun, 1500s–1600s vnction (1500s vun-), 1500s– unction.

Etymology: < Latin unctiōn-, unctio, noun of action < unct- , ung(u)ĕre : see oint v. So French onction (12th cent.), Italian unzione, Spanish uncion, Portuguese unção.

a. The action of anointing with oil as a religious rite or symbol; occasionally elliptical = 1b.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 113 Seynt Austyn..clepeþ it [sc. Mount Olivet] þe hulle of crisma and of vnccioun.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) iii. 10 Þai make bot ane vnccioun, when þai christen childer.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 253 The hooly unctioun, shrift, hosyl, repentaunce.

?a1500 Chester Pl. viii. 289 Then both vnctions, sacrafices, and rites Ceremoniall Of the old Testament..shall vtterly cease.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxiiij Then [he] treateth also of the other foure [sacraments], confirmation, order, Matrimonye, and Vnction.

1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. ii. 196 The Act of Consecration chiefly consisted in the Unction, which was a Ceremony deriv'd from the most primitive Antiquity.

1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 597 The ancient councils order them [sc. altars] to be consecrated by the unction of Chrism, and the blessing of priests.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 285 The primitive Fathers..practised exorcisms, unctions, signatures of the cross, and lustrations by holy water.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 94 The three sacraments.—Baptism, the Eucharist, and Unction.

1879 R. T. Smith St. Basil x. 121 We bless both the water of baptism and the oil of unction.

personif.c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1444 Then came to the fylde the mynystre fynall, Called Holy Vnccion, with a crysmatory.

b. extreme unction: see extreme unction at extreme adj. 3.

ΚΠ

1513 Life Henry V (1911) 182 After he had receaued the Sacraments of the Alter, and of extreame vunction.

1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes xxx. f. clxxxix To remoue these twoo euils, God hath ordeyned this Sacrament of extreme Unction to bee ministred.

1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 795 Other writers, ascribe the institution of this extreame unction to Felix the fourth.

1602 J. Colville Parænese To Ministres sig. u Dispysing the Sacrament of the altar, Celibat and extrem Vnction as many do nou a dayis.

1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies v. ii. 58 'Tis like giving the extream Unction In the beginning of a Sickness.

1734 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1914) 14 122 Her last Sickness..only left time for y^e Extrem unction.

1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 480 The blessed sacrament was administered to him about midnight. He received the extreme unction at two o'clock in the morning.

1871 D. M. Mulock Fair France vii. 218 He told us a woman lay dying, and the priest was administering extreme unction.

2. The action of anointing as a symbol of investing with a certain office, esp. that of kingship.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > formal or ceremonial appointment > anointing

unctionc1400

society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > [noun] > to an office

unctionc1400

c1400 Three Kings Cologne (1886) 32 Þe Iwes..seyden þat longe tyme aftir þe Natiuite of crist her vnccioun cesyd noȝt, but þey had many kyngis aftir.

a1500 Cov. Corpus Christi Pl. ii. 204 Of that kyng that I ma haue a syght,..At whose cumyng the tru ovncion of Juda schall seyse.

1626 S. D'Ewes Let. 4 Feb. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 218 The Archbishop performed the unction, which I doubted hee should not.

1690 R. Boyle Christian Virtuoso ii. 30 The Heavenly Coronation has a Virtue like that of the Unction of Saul.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. I. ii. 43 Leo III gave Alfred the royal unction.

a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 630 He proceeded..to London to be crowned, and to sanctify, by the solemnity of the unction, the choice of the people.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 19 Otho could receive the unction without scruple.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. xi. 41 The hands of Stigand might not administer an unction which was held to confer some~what of sacramental grace.

a. figurative. A spiritual influence acting upon a person.Chiefly in renderings and echoes of 1 John ii. 20 and of the hymn Veni, Creator spiritus 8.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > active essence or essential power > influence on person or thing

unction1382

incumbency1651

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 John ii. 20 But ȝe han vnccioun of the Holy Goost, and han knowe alle thinges.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFFviii^v They can nat leaue & forsake the delectable wyne of contemplacion & swete vnction of oyle of the holy goste.

1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. F.iij^v Thou art the very comforter..and Unction spirituall.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lv. 118 There is no other way how it should grow but either by the grace of vnion with deitie, or by the grace of vnction receiued from deitie.

1627 J. Cosin tr. Veni Creator in Coll. Private Devotions 91 Thou the anointing Spirit art..;Thy blessed vnction from aboue Is comfort, life, and fire of loue.

1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxxvi When he felt those distillations on his head, he could think of nothing else but the Vnction from above.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Veni Creator in Examen Poeticum 308 Come, and thy Sacred Unction bring To Sanctifie us, while we sing!

1763 J. Payne tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ iii. xix. 214 Give me, instead of all worldly comfort, the Divine Unction of Thy Holy Spirit.

1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix (1865) 26 The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xi. 46 So now the oil poured on the head of God's servant might be a true sign of the inner unction of the heart.

b. Deep spiritual feeling, or the manifestation of this in language and utterance; a manner suggestive of religious earnestness or appreciation of spiritual things.In later use frequently in depreciative sense, implying that the feeling or manner is superficial or assumed, or is tinged with obvious self-complacency.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun]

devotion?c1225

life-holiness?c1225

love-awe?c1225

reverencec1300

Godfrightiheada1325

pity1340

devoutness1377

truthc1384

love-dreada1400

fearc1400

pietya1500

godliness1528

devoteness1606

heavenly-mindedness1612

obedientialness1651

piousness1659

devotionalness1673

unction1692

theopathy1749

devoteeism1828

pietism1829

bhakti1832

devotionality1850

devotionalism1859

pi1897

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun]

hypocrisy?c1225

pope-holya1425

saunteringc1440

pope-holiness1528

Pharisaism?1573

lip-holiness1591

lip-religion1597

hypocrism1605

lip-devotion1613

sanctimonya1618

lip-worship1656

sanctimoniousness1679

unction1692

sanctification1768

goodiness1808

pietism1829

lip-reverencec1843

Pecksniffery1848

mawwormism1850

goody-good1851

lip-homage1858

devil-dodging1866

goody-goodiness1868

goody-goodyism1868

piosity1883

unctuosity1884

1692 Bp. G. Burnet Disc. Pastoral Care Pref. p. xxxiv I began my Studies in Divinity with reading these, and I never yet grew weary of them; they..carry so much of unction and life in them, that [etc.].

1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. 85 The peasantry..were seen..chaunting the office with as much faith and unction as if they had been paid.

1830 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 1 June There is a great decay of devotional unction in the numerous books of prayers put out now-a-days.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 235 That clerical unction which in a vulgar nature so easily degenerates into greasiness.

c. transferred. A manner of utterance or address showing real appreciation or enjoyment of the subject or situation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] > manner of utterance showing enjoyment

unction1815

the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken > in particular style or evoking particular emotion

sugarc1374

pathos1579

satire1606

consolatory1654

sillyism1709

unction1815

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xvi. 257 I have heard you too often describe the scene with comic unction.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vi. 127 He delivered the haughty speech of Caius Marcius to the starving citizens with unction.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 4/2 Is an actor subject to dismissal..because he does not ‘throw enough unction’ into his part?

4. The action of anointing or rubbing with an ointment or oil as a lubricating or preserving substance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > anointing, oiling, or greasing

anointing1357

nointinga1400

oiling1440

unction1580

inungation1599

balming1616

inunction1621

illition1657

1580 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Short Disc. Chirurg. sig. G. The first thing is to euacuate the stomacke, the second to sweate, the thirde vnccion.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. sig. E Applying onely a warme napkin to the place, after the vnction, and fricace.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1906) 235 We saw..the place of Unction, which is a foure squared stone;..on which (say they) the dead body of our Saviour lay, and was embalmed.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 590 The bath renew'd, she ends the pleasing toil With plenteous unction of ambrosial oil.

1740 S. Johnson Drake in Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 513 In hot Countries,..the Natives only use Unction to preserve them from the other Extream of Weather.

1887 D. Maguire Art of Massage (ed. 4) iii. 39 Unction does not, properly speaking, form part of the manipulations classified amongst frictions.

a. Any soft composition used for anointing or lubricating; an unguent or ointment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > an unguent

smerlesa1000

smerla1300

ointmentc1300

nointmenta1375

anointinga1382

anointmenta1382

ointurea1400

uncturec1400

straking1409

linimentc1420

nutritum?a1425

unguentc1440

inunctment1513

unction1580

inunction1601

chrism1850

1580 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Short Disc. Chirurg. sig. H.ij^v Glisters, Vomittes, Purgations, and Vnctions,..the vnctions dissolue the winde.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 114 I bought an vnction of a Mountibanck.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd vi. 78 Clothing them [sc. their faces] with diuers colourings, glissenings, paintings, vnctions, oyntments.

1760 R. James Canine Madness 132 He must..get a considerable quantity of the unction rubbed into the arm-pits.

1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 101 The next day, Arras having sent the necessary unction, the ceremony was performed at the Abbey.

1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 121 The unction or paste obtained by rubbing two blue stones together.

figurative.1657 J. Trapp Comm. Esther ii. 12 Let women learn and labour to smell of Christ, who is the royal Unction.

b. figurative. A soothing influence or reflection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief

froverOE

comfortc1386

easec1440

sport1440

consolationc1460

recreatoryc1475

balm1540

balsamumc1540

solace1597

unction1604

balsama1616

demulceation1661

demulsion1661

alleviative1672

mitigation1726

salve1736

soother1794

consolement1797

heart-balm1828

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 136 Lay not that flattering vnction to your soule That not your trespasse but my madnesse speakes.

1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 7 The stings of conscience would be intolerable, could we not lay some flattering unction to our souls.

1877 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth (ed. 4) 108 Think not to lay to your diseased conscience the flattering unction that your sin was the result of circumstance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unction
释义	unctionn. Brit. /ˈʌŋ(k)ʃn/, U.S. /ˈəŋkʃən/ Forms: Middle English vnccioun, Middle English–1500s vnccion (Middle English -ione, 1500s -yon); Middle English unxioun; Middle English–1500s uncion (Middle English ovncion); Middle English unctioun, 1500s–1600s vnction (1500s vun-), 1500s– unction. Etymology: < Latin unctiōn-, unctio, noun of action < unct- , ung(u)ĕre : see oint v. So French onction (12th cent.), Italian unzione, Spanish uncion, Portuguese unção. 1. a. The action of anointing with oil as a religious rite or symbol; occasionally elliptical = 1b. ΘΚΠ 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 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 113 Seynt Austyn..clepeþ it [sc. Mount Olivet] þe hulle of crisma and of vnccioun. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) iii. 10 Þai make bot ane vnccioun, when þai christen childer. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 253 The hooly unctioun, shrift, hosyl, repentaunce. ?a1500 Chester Pl. viii. 289 Then both vnctions, sacrafices, and rites Ceremoniall Of the old Testament..shall vtterly cease. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxiiij Then [he] treateth also of the other foure [sacraments], confirmation, order, Matrimonye, and Vnction. 1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. ii. 196 The Act of Consecration chiefly consisted in the Unction, which was a Ceremony deriv'd from the most primitive Antiquity. 1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 597 The ancient councils order them [sc. altars] to be consecrated by the unction of Chrism, and the blessing of priests. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 285 The primitive Fathers..practised exorcisms, unctions, signatures of the cross, and lustrations by holy water. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 94 The three sacraments.—Baptism, the Eucharist, and Unction. 1879 R. T. Smith St. Basil x. 121 We bless both the water of baptism and the oil of unction. personif.c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1444 Then came to the fylde the mynystre fynall, Called Holy Vnccion, with a crysmatory. b. extreme unction: see extreme unction at extreme adj. 3. ΚΠ 1513 Life Henry V (1911) 182 After he had receaued the Sacraments of the Alter, and of extreame vunction. 1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes xxx. f. clxxxix To remoue these twoo euils, God hath ordeyned this Sacrament of extreme Unction to bee ministred. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 795 Other writers, ascribe the institution of this extreame unction to Felix the fourth. 1602 J. Colville Parænese To Ministres sig. u Dispysing the Sacrament of the altar, Celibat and extrem Vnction as many do nou a dayis. 1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies v. ii. 58 'Tis like giving the extream Unction In the beginning of a Sickness. 1734 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1914) 14 122 Her last Sickness..only left time for y^e Extrem unction. 1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 480 The blessed sacrament was administered to him about midnight. He received the extreme unction at two o'clock in the morning. 1871 D. M. Mulock Fair France vii. 218 He told us a woman lay dying, and the priest was administering extreme unction. 2. The action of anointing as a symbol of investing with a certain office, esp. that of kingship. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > formal or ceremonial appointment > anointing unctionc1400 society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > [noun] > to an office unctionc1400 c1400 Three Kings Cologne (1886) 32 Þe Iwes..seyden þat longe tyme aftir þe Natiuite of crist her vnccioun cesyd noȝt, but þey had many kyngis aftir. a1500 Cov. Corpus Christi Pl. ii. 204 Of that kyng that I ma haue a syght,..At whose cumyng the tru ovncion of Juda schall seyse. 1626 S. D'Ewes Let. 4 Feb. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 218 The Archbishop performed the unction, which I doubted hee should not. 1690 R. Boyle Christian Virtuoso ii. 30 The Heavenly Coronation has a Virtue like that of the Unction of Saul. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. I. ii. 43 Leo III gave Alfred the royal unction. a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 630 He proceeded..to London to be crowned, and to sanctify, by the solemnity of the unction, the choice of the people. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 19 Otho could receive the unction without scruple. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. xi. 41 The hands of Stigand might not administer an unction which was held to confer some~what of sacramental grace. 3. a. figurative. A spiritual influence acting upon a person.Chiefly in renderings and echoes of 1 John ii. 20 and of the hymn Veni, Creator spiritus 8. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > active essence or essential power > influence on person or thing unction1382 incumbency1651 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 John ii. 20 But ȝe han vnccioun of the Holy Goost, and han knowe alle thinges. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFFviii^v They can nat leaue & forsake the delectable wyne of contemplacion & swete vnction of oyle of the holy goste. 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. F.iij^v Thou art the very comforter..and Unction spirituall. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lv. 118 There is no other way how it should grow but either by the grace of vnion with deitie, or by the grace of vnction receiued from deitie. 1627 J. Cosin tr. Veni Creator in Coll. Private Devotions 91 Thou the anointing Spirit art..;Thy blessed vnction from aboue Is comfort, life, and fire of loue. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxxvi When he felt those distillations on his head, he could think of nothing else but the Vnction from above. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Veni Creator in Examen Poeticum 308 Come, and thy Sacred Unction bring To Sanctifie us, while we sing! 1763 J. Payne tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ iii. xix. 214 Give me, instead of all worldly comfort, the Divine Unction of Thy Holy Spirit. 1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix (1865) 26 The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xi. 46 So now the oil poured on the head of God's servant might be a true sign of the inner unction of the heart. b. Deep spiritual feeling, or the manifestation of this in language and utterance; a manner suggestive of religious earnestness or appreciation of spiritual things.In later use frequently in depreciative sense, implying that the feeling or manner is superficial or assumed, or is tinged with obvious self-complacency. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun] devotion?c1225 life-holiness?c1225 love-awe?c1225 reverencec1300 Godfrightiheada1325 pity1340 devoutness1377 truthc1384 love-dreada1400 fearc1400 pietya1500 godliness1528 devoteness1606 heavenly-mindedness1612 obedientialness1651 piousness1659 devotionalness1673 unction1692 theopathy1749 devoteeism1828 pietism1829 bhakti1832 devotionality1850 devotionalism1859 pi1897 society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun] hypocrisy?c1225 pope-holya1425 saunteringc1440 pope-holiness1528 Pharisaism?1573 lip-holiness1591 lip-religion1597 hypocrism1605 lip-devotion1613 sanctimonya1618 lip-worship1656 sanctimoniousness1679 unction1692 sanctification1768 goodiness1808 pietism1829 lip-reverencec1843 Pecksniffery1848 mawwormism1850 goody-good1851 lip-homage1858 devil-dodging1866 goody-goodiness1868 goody-goodyism1868 piosity1883 unctuosity1884 1692 Bp. G. Burnet Disc. Pastoral Care Pref. p. xxxiv I began my Studies in Divinity with reading these, and I never yet grew weary of them; they..carry so much of unction and life in them, that [etc.]. 1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. 85 The peasantry..were seen..chaunting the office with as much faith and unction as if they had been paid. 1830 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 1 June There is a great decay of devotional unction in the numerous books of prayers put out now-a-days. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 235 That clerical unction which in a vulgar nature so easily degenerates into greasiness. c. transferred. A manner of utterance or address showing real appreciation or enjoyment of the subject or situation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] > manner of utterance showing enjoyment unction1815 the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken > in particular style or evoking particular emotion sugarc1374 pathos1579 satire1606 consolatory1654 sillyism1709 unction1815 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xvi. 257 I have heard you too often describe the scene with comic unction. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vi. 127 He delivered the haughty speech of Caius Marcius to the starving citizens with unction. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 4/2 Is an actor subject to dismissal..because he does not ‘throw enough unction’ into his part? 4. The action of anointing or rubbing with an ointment or oil as a lubricating or preserving substance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > anointing, oiling, or greasing anointing1357 nointinga1400 oiling1440 unction1580 inungation1599 balming1616 inunction1621 illition1657 1580 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Short Disc. Chirurg. sig. G. The first thing is to euacuate the stomacke, the second to sweate, the thirde vnccion. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. sig. E Applying onely a warme napkin to the place, after the vnction, and fricace. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1906) 235 We saw..the place of Unction, which is a foure squared stone;..on which (say they) the dead body of our Saviour lay, and was embalmed. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 590 The bath renew'd, she ends the pleasing toil With plenteous unction of ambrosial oil. 1740 S. Johnson Drake in Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 513 In hot Countries,..the Natives only use Unction to preserve them from the other Extream of Weather. 1887 D. Maguire Art of Massage (ed. 4) iii. 39 Unction does not, properly speaking, form part of the manipulations classified amongst frictions. 5. a. Any soft composition used for anointing or lubricating; an unguent or ointment. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > an unguent smerlesa1000 smerla1300 ointmentc1300 nointmenta1375 anointinga1382 anointmenta1382 ointurea1400 uncturec1400 straking1409 linimentc1420 nutritum?a1425 unguentc1440 inunctment1513 unction1580 inunction1601 chrism1850 1580 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Short Disc. Chirurg. sig. H.ij^v Glisters, Vomittes, Purgations, and Vnctions,..the vnctions dissolue the winde. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 114 I bought an vnction of a Mountibanck. View more context for this quotation 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd vi. 78 Clothing them [sc. their faces] with diuers colourings, glissenings, paintings, vnctions, oyntments. 1760 R. James Canine Madness 132 He must..get a considerable quantity of the unction rubbed into the arm-pits. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 101 The next day, Arras having sent the necessary unction, the ceremony was performed at the Abbey. 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 121 The unction or paste obtained by rubbing two blue stones together. figurative.1657 J. Trapp Comm. Esther ii. 12 Let women learn and labour to smell of Christ, who is the royal Unction. b. figurative. A soothing influence or reflection. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief froverOE comfortc1386 easec1440 sport1440 consolationc1460 recreatoryc1475 balm1540 balsamumc1540 solace1597 unction1604 balsama1616 demulceation1661 demulsion1661 alleviative1672 mitigation1726 salve1736 soother1794 consolement1797 heart-balm1828 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 136 Lay not that flattering vnction to your soule That not your trespasse but my madnesse speakes. View more context for this quotation 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 7 The stings of conscience would be intolerable, could we not lay some flattering unction to our souls. 1877 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth (ed. 4) 108 Think not to lay to your diseased conscience the flattering unction that your sin was the result of circumstance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1382
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