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Significados de unction en inglés

portugués
reboco
catalán
ungüent
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A semisolid preparation intended for external application to the skin or mucous membranes. (source: UMLS)

        reboco
        catalán
        obsequiositat
        español
        exagerado elogio

        Smug self-serving earnestness.

            exagerado elogio
            catalán
            unció
            español
            unción

            Anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual.

                  unción
                  Uso de unction en inglés
                  1
                  In that time I must receive the extreme unction of the Church.
                  Legends and Tales
                  2
                  A person thus set apart receives the unction of the Holy One.
                  Gathering Jewels / The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam o...
                  3
                  The President pronounced the last sentence with oratorical unction, and around him.
                  The Second Deluge
                  4
                  And I was certainly not the last to begin-especially at extreme unction.
                  The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes: His Fortunes and Misfortunes as...
                  5
                  You can put more savor and unction into it than I can.
                  The Shadow of the North: A Story of Old New York and a Lost Camp...
                  6
                  The solemn unction with which he pronounced this twaddle is beyond description.
                  Birds of Prey
                  7
                  What flattering unction that is to the soul of a ruined man.
                  Great Possessions
                  8
                  And the banker took Alice's hand and pressed it with great unction.
                  Ernest Maltravers — Volume 04
                  9
                  Krook almost smacks his lips with the unction of a horrible interest.
                  Bleak House
                  10
                  She confessed three days before, took the sacrament, and received extreme unction.
                  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01
                  11
                  Stay here, and I'll be back at once with the extreme unction.
                  The Quest
                  12
                  But I discovered that I was being summoned to perform extreme unction.
                  And the rat laughed
                  13
                  The reverend gentleman, as he greeted Chiltern, pronounced his name with unction.
                  A Modern Chronicle — Volume 07
                  14
                  Extreme unction was administered immediately afterwards; and the holy viaticum directly.
                  Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
                  15
                  The shirt and the gloves touched by the holy unction must be burned.
                  The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X
                  16
                  Thus spake Jacob the Apostle concerning the unction of the sick.
                  Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune / A Tale of t...
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