Unct Definition
verb
(archaic) To anoint, especially a monarch or other patriarchal leader.
The King was uncted in the nick of time.
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(Ayurvedic medicine) To lubricate.
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Origin of Unct
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First appears in Middle English circa 1425, derived from Latin unctus (“anointed”) and related terms. Ayurvedic sense is one of several competing translations of Sanskrit snehana.
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