anointment

English

Etymology

From anoint +‎ -ment.

Noun

anointment (countable and uncountable, plural anointments)

1. The act of anointing with oil or other liquids.
2. (figurative) An official nomination.
   • 2021 September 2, Roger Cohen, “The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     French Socialists gathered recently in the Loire Valley for a weekend of debate that turned into the virtual anointment of Anne Hidalgo, the charismatic and divisive mayor of Paris, as their candidate for next year’s presidential election.

Derived terms

• reanointment

 

Translations

act

• Finnish: voitelu (fi)
• French: onction (fr) f
• German: Salbung (de) f, Ölung f
• Greek:

  Ancient: χρῖσμα n (khrîsma)

• Italian: unzione (it) f
• Portuguese: unção (pt) f
• Swedish: smörjelse (sv)
• Tagalog: himo, paghihimo