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unction

noun as in ointment

noun as in sacrament

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If I were diagnosing democracy right now in America, it is in a state of extreme unction.

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“As your holy apostles anointed many who were sick so may those who in faith receive this holy unction be made whole. Allen, can you please rub a drop of oil on the patient’s forehead?”

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Over the years, he proposed his own nouns of multitude, including an unction of undertakers, a shrivel of critics and a queue of actors.

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Ben bathed in the unction of his shouted name.

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The role not only artfully transmuted Morgan’s persona but also used the unique unction of his performance to comment on the entanglement of race and comedy.

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