unc·tion /ˈʌŋ(k)ʃən/
注油,塗油式,塗油,虛情假意,津津有味
unc·tion /ˈəŋ(k)ʃən/ 名詞
油膏,塗油膏,塗藥膏
Unc·tion n.
1. The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction.
To be heir, and to be king
By sacred unction, thy deserved right. --Milton.
2. That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive.
The king himself the sacred unction made. --Dryden.
Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. --Shak.
3. Divine or sanctifying grace. [R.]
4. That quality in language, address, or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor.
The delightful equivoque and unction of the passage in Farquhar. --Hazlitt.
The mention of thy glory
Is unction to the breast. --Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard).
Extreme unction R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch., the sacrament of anointing in the last hours; the application of consecrated oil by a priest to all the senses, that is, to eyes, ears, nostrils, etc., of a person when in danger of death from illness, -- done for remission of sins. [James v. 14, 15.]
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unction
n 1: excessive but superficial compliments given with affected
charm [syn: smarm, fulsomeness]
2: smug self-serving earnestness [syn: fulsomeness, oiliness,
oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness]
3: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine)
applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an
irritation [syn: ointment, unguent, balm, salve]
4: anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
[syn: inunction]
Unction
(1 John 2:20,27; R.V., "anointing"). Kings, prophets, and
priests were anointed, in token of receiving divine grace. All
believers are, in a secondary sense, what Christ was in a
primary sense, "the Lord's anointed."