"inunction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈʌŋkʃən/ Forms: inunctions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin inunctio, from inunctus, past participle of inungo (“anoint”), from in- + ungo (“anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃engʷ-}}, {{der|en|la|inunctio}} Latin inunctio, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃engʷ-||anoint}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inunction (countable and uncountable, plural inunctions)
  1. The anointing or rubbing in of oil or balm. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (anointing): втриване (vtrivane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), voitelu (Finnish), പുരട്ടൽ (puraṭṭal) (Malayalam), ലേപനം (lēpanaṁ) (Malayalam)

Inflected forms

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