According to Cardanus, if a man anoints his temples with the blood of a whoop he sees marvellous things in his dreams.
In both cases, the name of the host is Simon, and in both a woman anoints the Lord Jesus, and wipes His feet with her hair.
Confused and bewildered, perhaps, she wipes the feet on which they have fallen with her hair, and then kisses them, and anoints them with costly ointment!
At Jehovah's command Samuel anoints the son of Kish to be king, when he comes to him; he tells him where he will find his asses, and imparts to him two other prophecies on the way.
There she washes the stain and saltness of the sea from his body, and anoints him with perfumed oil, and leads him with tender words of welcome to the marriage-bed.
The witch in the Golden Ass of Apuleius anoints herself, and flies about like a bird at night.
In Norway, according to the law of 1814, the coronation is performed in the cathedral at Trondhjem, when the Lutheran superintendent, or bishop, anoints the king.
The ceremony is now performed in the Storkyrka, at Stockholm, where the archbishop of Upsala anoints the king on the breast, temples, forehead and palms of both hands.
Sometimes in front of the tooth is placed a dish of scented oil, with which the priest anoints himself, and then receives the tooth, eyeing it with deep and serious attention.
Lemminkainen's anxious mother Takes the balm of magic virtues, And anoints the injured hero, Heals his wounds and stills his anguish; But the balm is inefficient, For her son is deaf and speechless.
God anointshis faithful children, With the honey of his wisdom, When they feel the pangs of sorrow, When they meet the powers of evil.
Then Gurnemanz takes from her the flask, and, pouring its contents upon Parsifal's head, anoints him king of the knights of the Grail.
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Especially notice that here the woman whoanoints is anticipating his speedy death and burial, of which at the former time he had never distinctly spoken.
A wealthy courtesananoints him with precious balm.
Mary anoints the master with a costly balm, and Judas and others rebuked her for profligacy.
After Baptism he anoints its head with holy chrism, places a white cloth upon it to signify the purity it received in Baptism, and as a sign that it must keep its soul free from sin.
The priest next asks the child if it renounces the devil and all his works and pomps--that is, vanities and empty shows; and having received the answer anoints it with holy oil on the breast and back.
The bishop extends his hands over those who are to be confirmed, prays that they may receive the Holy Ghost, and anoints the forehead of each with holy chrism in the form of a cross.
Kundry produces a phial of ointment and anointshis feet.
He then anoints all the stones with ghi, which is contained in a green bamboo measure.
Then he goes to the side room, where the 'nine grains' are sown in silver flower pots, where the acharya anoints him with nine fresh-water kalasas.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "anoints" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
