noun
- declension: undeclined
Definitions:
- holy oil
- sacrament of anointing in Greek rite
- Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
- Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
- Geography: Greece
- Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
- Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)