unction 的定义
- an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- an unguent or ointment; salve.
- something soothing or comforting.
- an excessive, affected, sometimes cloying earnestness or fervor in manner, especially in speaking.
- Religion. the oil used in religious rites, as in anointing the sick or dying.the shedding of a divine or spiritual influence upon a person.the influence shed.extreme unction.
- the manifestation of spiritual or religious inspiration.
unction 近义词
ointment
sacrament
更多unction例句
- Rather late that evening we administered extreme unction to him, for otherwise he was sufficiently prepared for it.
- Chet was reading his lines with much unction while striding up and down Lauras pretty little room.
- By spirituality and unction he redeemed a scarcely agreeable exterior.
- The priest may be obliged to administer baptism, to hear confession, to give the Viaticum and Extreme Unction.
- The ‘test’ he generally adopted was that of ‘swimming,’ which James I. recommends with much unction in his ‘Demonologie.’