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გამოთქმა: /ˈʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/

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Universal
  • 1 formal the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite or as a symbol of investiture as a monarch.
  • short for extreme unction.
  • 2 archaic treatment with a medicinal oil or ointment.
  • [count noun] an ointment:mercury in the form of unctions
  • 3a fervent manner of expression apparently arising from deep emotion, especially when assumed:the headlines gloated with the kind of effusive unction only the English press can muster

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