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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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Then all that remained was to persuade the archbishop of Canterbury to anoint him.
What lay chaplains cannot do is say Mass, anoint the sick, and absolve sin after confession.
Americans like to anoint butternut with molasses or maple syrup before baking, but what's the point?
According to some reports, when they returned two days later to anoint his body, they found the tomb empty.
The research is too sparse to anoint a single best practice with anything like a cost-benefit efficiency rating.
The women speculate on the stone and who will move it for them so they can anoint the body.

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