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What does anoint mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
  2. (transitive) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor.
  4. (transitive, historical) To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.
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Afterward, they go to the adjacent market to buy oil and herbs to prepare a balm to anoint a body in putrescence.
What lay chaplains cannot do is say Mass, anoint the sick, and absolve sin after confession.
An unsteady faith leads us back to the tombs, as it led Mary in her desire to anoint Jesus once more in death.
When Mary Magdalene went to Jesus's tomb to anoint the body, she was shocked to find it empty.
Americans like to anoint butternut with molasses or maple syrup before baking, but what's the point?
For My people need to be led by those who I appoint and anoint to lead them.

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