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Anointed

ANOINT'ED, participle passive Smeared or rubbed with oil; set apart; consecrated with oil.

ANOINT'ED, noun The Messiah, or Son of God, consecrated to the great office of Redeemer; called the Lord's anointed Cyrus is also called the Lord's anointed Isaiah 45:1.