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   unction

   /ˈʌŋ(k)ʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite or as a symbol of investiture as a monarch. formal
   • ▪ short for extreme unction
   • 2. treatment with a medicinal oil or ointment. archaic
   • ▪ an ointment: "mercury in the form of unctions"
   • 3. a fervent manner of expression apparently arising from deep emotion, especially when assumed: "the headlines gloated with the kind of effusive unction only the English press can muster"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin unctio(n-), from unguere ‘anoint’. unction (sense 3) arises from the link between religious fervour and ‘anointing’ with the Holy Spirit.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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