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inunction

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈʌŋkʃən/Part of speech nounSorted ciinnnotuStarts with IEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual

Word origin

From Latin inunctio, from inunctus, past participle of inungo (“anoint”), from in- + ungo (“anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

Used in a sentence

  • Besides these fomentations, irrigations, inunctions, odoraments, prescribed for the head, there must be the like used for the liver, spleen, stomach, hyperchondries, etc.

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