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excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm fulsomeness: smug self-serving earnestness ointment: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
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| unction |
the sacrament of absolution of sins performed by a priest for a person who is sick or at the point of death, sometimes called "extreme unction"; can also be used more generally for any rite which entails anointing with oil for religious purposes
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