sacramental oil

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sacramental oil - a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam

ointment, salve, unguent, balm, unction - semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

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As they expanded northward throughout the territory that would become California, olive trees were planted at every mission to ensure the necessary supply of oil for sacramental oil, lamp fuel, cooking, and soap making.

Liquid Gold in California - Amid the award-winning wineries of napa and sonoma counties, pioneering olive growers are beginning to acquire gold medals for their new generation of world-class california extra-virgin olive oil

Sacramental oil is transferred gently from celebrant to recipient with a slow move of the thumb.

Flashing foil and oozing oil: Trinitarian images in the first quatrain of "God's Grandeur"

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