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anointed

/uh-noint/US // əˈnɔɪnt //UK // (əˈnɔɪnt) //

受膏者,膏药,膏药的,膏油

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
    • : to smear with any liquid.
    • : to consecrate or make sacred in a ceremony that includes the token applying of oil:He anointed the new high priest.
    • : to dedicate to the service of God.

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Examples

  • In 2015, Aetna’s Bertolini anointed her as his successor following a two-person race with an internal candidate.

  • This past summer, Colleen LaRose, known by her self-anointed handle ‘Jihad Jane’, was sentenced to ten years in prison.

  • It won him over, and in 1981, he succeeded Stanley, and rebranded it “ATLAH,” which stands for "All the Land Anointed Holy."

  • The Prophet Elisha, who allegedly built the synagogue, was said to have anointed King Hazael on its steps, now gone.

  • Now she is being touted as the anointed successor in his political empire, too.

  • For this raid, Mavrokordato anointed him, rather ridiculously, Archistrategos or commander-in-chief of Western Greece.

  • And I washed thee with water, and cleansed away thy blood from thee: and I anointed thee with oil.

  • Welty had been taken in the night before, his bruises had been anointed, and he had been provisioned for the journey.

  • Bring forward, O strongly-anointed priests, your libations to the strong host of the Maruts, the strongly advancing.

  • But that night God anointed me for street preaching and for work in slums, dives and saloons.

  • And shouts of praise went up to God all over that ground, for He especially anointed me to sing that hymn.