Unction
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Unction - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
(1 John 2:20, 27; R.V., "anointing"). Kings, prophets, and priests were anointed, in token of receiving divine grace. All believers are, in a secondary sense, what Christ was in a primary sense, "the Lord's anointed."
Unction - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
UNC'TION, n. [L. unctio, from ungo, to anoint.]
1. The act of anointing.
2. Unguent; ointment. [Unusual.]
3. The act of anointing medically; as mercurial unction.
4. Any thing softening or lenitive.
5. That which excites piety and devotion.
6. Richness of gracious affections.
7. Divine or sanctifying grace. 1 John 1.
Extreme unction, the rite of anointing in the last hours; or the application of sacred oil to the parts where the five senses reside.
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