1. The act of applying oil or an oily liquid
   "The priest performed the anointing of the sick";
   - anointment

1. Administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
   "The priest anointed the sick with holy oil";
   - inunct, oil, anele [archaic], embrocate
    
2. Choose by or as if by divine intervention
   "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"

Derived forms: anointings

Type of: application, bless, choose, coating, covering, pick out, select, take

Encyclopedia: Anointing