inunction

The process of applying and rubbing in an ointment.

The act of anointing, as in a religious ceremony.

The action of anointing; unction; in medicine, the act of rubbing in an ointment or a liniment.

The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.

The anointing or rubbing in of oil or balm.

anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual