Anointment

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; consecration.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of anointing with oil or other liquids.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of applying oil or an oily liquid
  • Word Usage
    "Our president was not a bad choice, but maybe, just maybe, his anointment was a tad premature."