Definition of "inunction" []

• The process of applying and rubbing in an ointment. (noun)
• The act of anointing, as in a religious ceremony. (noun)

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• "In this way remedies are often introduced into the system by what is known as inunction."
• "Such an inunction was, in ancient times, as it still continues to be in many modern countries and contemporary religions, a symbol of the setting apart of the thing or person so anointed and consecrated to a holy purpose."
• "I suspected the development of _gummata_ on the meninges of the brain and cord, and advised him to use the inunction cure, and to remain at home until he should be well."