<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.</li><li>An unguent or ointment; salve.</li><li>Something soothing or comforting.</li><li>An excessive, affected, sometimes cloying earnestness or fervor in manner, especially in speaking.</li><li>Religion: the oil used in religious rites, as in anointing the sick or dying.</li><li>The shedding of a divine or spiritual influence upon a person.</li><li>The influence shed.</li><li>Extreme unction.</li><li>The manifestation of spiritual or religious inspiration.</li></ul>