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to anoint
to anoint

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Following baptism, the child is anointed with a special oil (miron) and dressed in new clothing.
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Several sick persons may be anointed within the rite, especially if the celebration takes place in a church or hospital.
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During martial law, the president also anoints deans of faculties and majors, and can also enlist or oust people in the private sector.
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Originally, the washing and anointing portions of the ceremony were performed nude.
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The newly anointed and crowned sovereign would be seated on a great raised dais.
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Bodies were normally anointed, but there seems to be no time here.
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Tha latter, who was then twenty-five years old, assumed special ecclesiastical functions and anointed his followers with oil.
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Other names are also used, such as (holy oil), (consecrated oil), and or (anointing).
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Anointing a king was considered equivalent to crowning him.
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The water in the vehicle is then used to anoint the ailing part or parts of the body to counteract the evil forces or illness.
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