![]() The concept is important to the figure of the Messiah or the Christ ( Hebrew and Greek for "The Anointed One") who appear prominently in Jewish and Christian theology and eschatology. This continues an earlier Hebrew practice most famously observed in the anointings of Aaron as high priest and both Saul and David by the prophet Samuel. ![]() In present usage, "anointing" is typically used for ceremonial blessings such as the coronation of European monarchs. Their use to introduce a divine influence or presence is recorded from the earliest times anointing was thus used as a form of medicine, thought to rid persons and things of dangerous spirits and demons which were believed to cause disease. ![]() Scented oils are used as perfumes and sharing them is an act of hospitality. ![]() īy extension, the term is also applied to related acts of sprinkling, dousing, or smearing a person or object with any perfumed oil, milk, butter, or other fat. The Anointing of David, from the Paris Psalter, 10th century ( Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris)Īnointing is the ritual act of pouring aromatic oil over a person's head or entire body. ![]()
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