anoint

voidella puhekieltä To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. —Dryden.
He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. —John ix. 6.
puhekieltä To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his Aaron's head and anoint him. —Exod. xxix. 7.
Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. —1 Kings xix. 15.
puhekieltä To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor.
puhekieltä To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.