anointers
Those applying oils
Anointers are people who apply oil, water, or another substance to someone or something as part of a ritual or ceremony, typically for religious purposes such as consecration, blessing, or healing.
The term appears most often in religious contexts where anointing marks a person as chosen or set apart.
The anointers prepared the sacred oil before the ceremony.
Figuratively, anointers may be those who designate or approve someone for a position of power or prominence.
Ordained religious leaders
- prophetsProclaimers of sacred truth
- bishopsHigh-ranking clergy members
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
consecration · chrism · holy oil · blessing · sacrament · baptism · confirmation · altar
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- crowningInstalling as monarch
installation · chrism · ritual · monarch · sovereign · royalty · regalia · scepter
Healing topical preparation
- salveTopical healing preparation
- ointmentMedicated skin cream
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- therapeuticPromoting healing or wellness
remedy · healer · massage · aromatherapy · poultice · soothing · comfort · relief
Indigenous spiritual healer
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- herbalismPlant-based healing tradition
potion · divination · pagan · druid · priestess · occult · spiritual · invocation
priests
Ordained religious leaders
- prophetsProclaimers of sacred truth
- bishopsHigh-ranking clergy members
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
ordination · consecration · chrism · holy oil · blessing · sacrament · baptism · confirmation · altar · scripture
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
crowning · installation · chrism · ritual · monarch · sovereign · royalty · regalia · scepter · procession
balm
Healing topical preparation
therapeutic · remedy · healer · massage · aromatherapy · poultice · soothing · comfort · relief · restoration
shaman
Indigenous spiritual healer
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
herbalism · potion · divination · pagan · druid · priestess · occult · spiritual · invocation · consecration
anointersrecipients
Those who receive
initiates · supplicants · candidates · consecrated · ordained
anointersdeposers
Those who remove rulers
dethroners · desecrators · usurpers · defilers · blasphemers
- anointed oneDivinely appointed leader
- anointed kingRuler blessed with sacred oil