Inunct (Verb)
Meaning
Administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- She carefully anointed the king inunct with sacred oil for the ceremony of coronation.
- In many faiths, priests are ordained through rituals that include the gesture of inunct with consecrated chrism.
- The bishop raised her hands as she prepared to inunct the newborn infant with blessed oils during the baptism.
- At this critical juncture of her life, the monarch sought solace in the act of her priest inunct with healing balm.
- The abbot gently inunct the terminally ill elderly monk's forehead with a vial of specially prepared consecrated oil.