anointing

IPA: ʌnˈɔɪntɪŋ

Examples of "anointing" in Sentences

When morning comes cool breezes caress tender, dry, skin anointing me with freshness
All that he shall guide you into shall be truth (1 John ii. 27); the anointing is truth.
Certainly, Red Line is going against popular opinion in anointing J. - P. Levasseur as our choice for No. 1.
The particular respect which Mary showed him, above the rest, in anointing his feet with sweet ointment, v. 3.
Because of the way it as treated Hillary and their utter foolishness in anointing the arrogant, lying, pandering, far left wing nut!
The Dodgers look awfully smart for signing Baez as Eric Gagne insurance; the Phillies look great in anointing Gordon a closer again.
The apostle's anointing was in order to heal the disease; the popish anointing is for the expulsion of the relics of sin, and to enable the soul (as they pretend) the better to combat with the powers of the air.
Joel isn't Catholic (though The Ironic Catholic is a frequent contributor of sign photos), but he likes comic books, so I feel justified in anointing him a Sci Fi Christian (I've been working with my bishop to design an appropriate ritual for that, but so far he is cold to the idea).
Thirty days were alloted for the completion of this process; forty more were spent in anointing it with spices; the body, tanned from this operation, being then washed, was wrapped in numerous folds of linen cloth -- the joinings of which were fastened with gum, and then it was deposited in a wooden chest made in the form of a human figure.