anointed
adjective
consecrated or made sacred; dedicated to God, often in a ceremony that includes dabbing or sprinkling with holy oil.
well-anointed
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a word derived from
anointed.
Example Sentences
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“Mistress Lyon,” he said indolently, but with the soft, well-anointed utterance of the blarneying islander, which does not die away till the third generation of the poorest exile from Erin, “now, misthress dear, consider!”
From The Dew of Their Youth by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
About these times, Baltimore always wore what he called his "gale suit," among other things comprising a Sou'-wester and a huge pair of well-anointed sea-boots, reaching almost to his knees.
From Omoo by Herman Melville
