Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UNC'TION
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UNC'TION, n. [Fr. onction; L. unctio, from ungo, to anoint.]
- The act of anointing. Hooker.
- Unguent; ointment. [Unusual.] Dryden.
- The act of anointing medically; as, mercurial unction. Arbuthnot.
- Any thing softening or lenitive. Shak.
- That which excites piety and devotion. Johnson.
- Richness of gracious affections.
- Divine or sanctifying grace. 1 John i. Extreme unction, the rite of anointing in the last hours; or the application of sacred oil to the parts where the five senses reside. Cyc.
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