0 a religious ceremony of putting holy water or oil on someone to make the person holy: --
1 the choice of someone to do a job, usually by a person in authority: --
The succession was planned in advance and her anointment was not a surprise.
His expected anointment as the presidential nominee will take place during the convention.
Coronation was a religious rite which began with the anointment of the ruler with holy oil.
Anointment with water, salt, and spirits was part of the naming ceremony.