4. That quality in language, address, or the like, which excites
emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness;
sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor.
The delightful equivoque and unction of the passage in Farquhar.
Hazlitt.
The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast.
Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard).
Extreme unction (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.), the sacrament of anointing in
the last hours; the application of consecrated oil by a priest to all
the senses, that is, to eyes, ears, nostrils, etc., of a person when in
danger of death from illness, — done for remission of sins. [James v.
14, 15.]