unction
noun
[ ˈʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite or as a symbol of investiture as a monarch.
• treatment with a medicinal oil or ointment.
• a fervent manner of expression apparently arising from deep emotion, especially when assumed.
• "the headlines gloated with the kind of effusive unction only the English press can muster"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin unctio(n- ), from unguere ‘anoint’. unction (sense 3) arises from the link between religious fervour and ‘anointing’ with the Holy Spirit.
