unction - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • have: But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
  • receive: Punctuality will be a witness, giving power and receiving unction whenever we speak the word concerning our Lord.
  • administer: The infirmarer judged when it was necessary to administer unction, after which the community departed, leaving the monk to die alone.
  • give: God so experimentally in the believer gives the unction to prayer and faith and every activity to which the believer is called.

Adjective modifier

  • extreme: Even extreme unction has its basis in the Egyptian Ritual.
  • spiritual: As an ambassador of Christ, he preached the wondrous mercy of God with a spiritual unction and solemn earnestness.

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