unction
/uhngk-shuhn/US // ˈʌŋk ʃən //UK // (ˈʌŋkʃən) //
仪式,灌注,仪式感,灌输
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- : an unguent or ointment; salve.
- : something soothing or comforting.
- : an excessive, affected, sometimes cloying earnestness or fervor in manner, especially in speaking.
- : Religion. the oil used in religious rites, as in anointing the sick or dying.the shedding of a divine or spiritual influence upon a person.the influence shed.extreme unction.
- : the manifestation of spiritual or religious inspiration.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounointment
nounsacrament
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Examples
Rather late that evening we administered extreme unction to him, for otherwise he was sufficiently prepared for it.
Chet was reading his lines with much unction while striding up and down Lauras pretty little room.
By spirituality and unction he redeemed a scarcely agreeable exterior.
The priest may be obliged to administer baptism, to hear confession, to give the Viaticum and Extreme Unction.
The ‘test’ he generally adopted was that of ‘swimming,’ which James I. recommends with much unction in his ‘Demonologie.’
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