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The Clue
Consecrates (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ANOINTS
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Notes
The answer ANOINTS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.
Related Clues
Chooses
Dubs
Oils
Rubs on
Chooses formally
Consecrates with oil
Names, officially
Oils, ecclesiastically
Picks for a position
Rubs oil on
Applies holy oil to
Chooses by divine election
Makes sacred, in a way
Rubs holy oil on
Gives last rites to, e.g.
Definition
ANOINT as a verb:
1. choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
2. (anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate) = administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing