To be heir, and to be king By sacred unction, thy
deserved right. --Milton.
2. That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment;
hence, anything soothing or lenitive.
The king himself the sacred unction made. --Dryden.
Lay not that flattering unction to your soul.
--Shak.
3. Divine or sanctifying grace. [R.]
4. That quality in language, address, or the like, which
excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious
fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious,
or unnatural fervor.
The delightful equivoque and unction of the passage
in Farquhar. --Hazlitt.
The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast.
--Neale
(Rhythm of St.
Bernard).
{Extreme unction} (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.), the sacrament of
anointing in the last hours; the application of
consecrated oil by a priest to all the senses, that is, to
eyes, ears, nostrils, etc., of a person when in danger of
death from illness, -- done for remission of sins. [James
v. 14, 15.]