What does "anoint" mean?

Anoint: 2. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. Exod. xxix.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. 1 Kings xix.
  2. 3.The Lord's Anointed, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by "divine right." 1 Sam. xxvi.
  3. 4.Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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