Unct Definition

verb

(archaic) To anoint, especially a monarch or other patriarchal leader.

The King was uncted in the nick of time.
Wiktionary

(Ayurvedic medicine) To lubricate.

Wiktionary

Origin of Unct

  • First appears in Middle English circa 1425, derived from Latin unctus (“anointed”) and related terms. Ayurvedic sense is one of several competing translations of Sanskrit snehana.

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