2. Noun. a person who has been anointed, especially for religious reasons ¹
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Definition of Anointed
1. anoint [v] - See also: anoint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anointed
Literary usage of Anointed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1857)
"38. teacheth us how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with
power. Now though there can be no question but the Spirit is the oil, ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The German king was anointed on the head, breast, shoulders, arms, and hands; at
the imperial coronation in Rome the bishop of Ostia anointed the emperor on ..."
3. Ninety-six Sermons by Lancelot Andrewes (1853)
"anointed") will fall out to prove the princes of the earth. ... Quos Deus unxit,
homo ne tangat, " Whom God hath anointed, let no man presume to touch. ..."
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