anointed

Example Sentences

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At the highest end of the fashion industry, they are the gatekeepers and anointers.

From New York Times • May 2, 2013

The banker perpetrators are now being pursued by the authorities, the analyst anointers held in low esteem.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under him was a large number of subordinate priests and temple ministers, such as sacrificers, pourers of libations, anointers with oil, bakers, chanters, wailers, etc.

From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Eiselen, Frederick Carl

The terrible tale of the anointers of Milan has, since the days of La Corriveau, been written in choice Italian by Manzoni, in whose wonderful book he that will may read it.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William

Under the high-priest there were numerous classes of ministers of the gods, such as the "anointers," whose duty it was to anoint the holy images with oil, the ordinary "priests," the "seers," and the "prophets."

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)