holy oil

noun

: olive oil blessed by a bishop for use in a sacrament or sacramental

Examples of holy oil in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

First, a gorgeous Saint Candle created by innovative music executive, Ira DeWitt, that not only includes holy oil and envelops your world in scented luxury, but each candle supports St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. —Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024

One church staffer presses a Bible to her forehead while another daubs her stomach with a pocket-size vial of holy oil. —Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024

The Archbishop of Canterbury will conduct the coronation service, during which Charles will be anointed with holy oil, presented with royal ceremonial objects like the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross and Sovereign's Orb, and crowned with the St. Edward's Crown. —Catherine Garcia, The Week, 2 May 2023

There will be no exceedingly heavy bejeweled crowns, no anointing of the monarch with holy oil behind a screen. —Karla Adam, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for holy oil

• aerofoil
• cinquefoil
• hydrofoil
• quatrefoil
• airfoil
• benzoyl
• despoil
• embroil
• etoile
• gargoyle
• recoil
• subsoil