Fleur-de-lis
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| - | + | A [[design]] representing a flower whose three [[petal]]s are joined together at the bottom, often used in [[heraldry]], where it is particularly associated with the French [[monarchy]]. | |
| - | To '''anoint''' is to pour or smear with [[perfume]]d oil, milk, water, melted butter or other substances, a process employed ritually by many religions. People and things are anointed to symbolize the introduction of a sacramental or divine influence, a holy emanation, spirit, power or [[god]]. It can also be seen as a spiritual mode of ridding persons and things of dangerous influences, as of demons (Persian ''drug'', Greek κηρες ''[[Keres (mythology)|Keres]]'', Armenian ''dev'') believed to be or to cause disease. | + | |
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| - | '''Unction''' is another term for anointing. The oil may be called ''[[chrism]]''. | + | |
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| - | The word is known in English since c. 1303, deriving from Old French ''enoint'' "smeared on", pp. of ''enoindre'' "smear on", itself from Latin ''inunguere'', from ''in-'' "on" + ''unguere'' "to smear." Originally it only referred to grease or oil smeared on for medicinal purposes; its use in the [[Coverdale Bible]] in reference to Christ (cf. [[Messiah|The Lord's Anointed]], see [[Chrism]]) has spiritualized the sense of it, a sense expanded and expounded upon by St Paul's writings in his "Epistles". The title [[Christ]] is derived from the Hebrew [[Messiah]] and means literally; covered in oil, anointed. | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | * [[Chrism]] | + | |
| - | * [[Holy anointing oil]] | + | |
| - | * [[Anointing of the Sick]] | + | |
| - | * [[Holy unction]] | + | |
| - | * [[Anointing of Jesus]] | + | |
| - | * [[Anointing with oil]] | + | |
| - | * [[fleur-de-lis]]. | + | |
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A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom, often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.
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