1. to anoint with oil, especially as a religious rite or sacrament
Usage: archaic; chiefly religious or ceremonial

Examples

• The priest would anele the sick with holy oil.
• In medieval times, the dying were aneled as part of last rites.
• The bishop aneled the infant during the baptism ceremony.
• They aneled his forehead with consecrated oil.
• The sacrament of anointing the sick involves aneling the patient with blessed oil.