Overview of noun anointing

The noun anointing has 1 sense

• anointing, anointment -- (the act of applying oil or an oily liquid)

Overview of verb anoint

The verb anoint has 2 senses

• anoint -- (choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group")


• anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate -- (administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing)