holy oil

Noun

Meaning

a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam

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You can pour holy oil and holy water on a thug until you have emptied buckets of both; but at the end he will be a consecrated thug, but a thug all the same unless interior intentions and a disciplined man are present. William H. O'Connell

According to the ritual of the Romish church, the bells were not only blessed and exorcised, but baptized as those above mentioned, and anointed with holy oil. After these ceremonies had passed it was believed that the evil spirits lurking in the air might be driven away by their sound. Joseph Strutt

Judaism main seeAlso The literal translation of the Hebrew word mashiach (messiah) is "anointed", which refers to a ritual of consecrating someone or something by putting holy oil upon it. Source: Internet

Yesterday, dozens of first-time attendants flocked the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God on Maxfield Avenue to receive a bottle of what church members call the Holy Oil of Mount Sinai. Source: Internet

The chrism, holy oil, consecration of altars, and ordination of clerics they shall obtain from the bishops in whose dioceses they reside. Source: Internet

Pilgrims from all over the world are anointed with holy oil from this lampada. Source: Internet

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