[ˈʌŋ(k)ʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite or as a symbol of investiture as a monarch

- treatment with a medicinal oil or ointment

- a fervent manner of expression apparently arising from deep emotion, especially when assumed
(e.g: the headlines gloated with the kind of effusive unction only the English press can muster)


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