vbl. sb. [f. ENOIL v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ENOIL. a. The action of anointing, esp. a king. b. The sacrament of extreme unction. Also concr. The oil used for anointing.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 222. He ordeyned also the sacrament of extreme vnccyon or enoylynge.
1555. W. Watreman, Fardle Facions, II. xii. S ij. The godfathers, to the ende the enoilyng [in confirmacion] should not droppe awaie … clappe on a faire filette on the foreheade.
1643. Prynne, Sov. Power Parl., III. 93. This enoyling … derives no personall Prerogatives or Immunities at all to kings.
