oyntment

oyntment

English

Noun

oyntment (countable and uncountable, plural oyntments)

1. Obsolete form of ointment.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XII:

     Then toke Mary a pounde off oyntment called nardus, perfecte and precious, and anoynted Jesus fete, and wept his fete with her heer, and all the housse smelled off the savre off the oyntment.

   • 1693, Sir Norman Knatchbull, Annotations upon some difficult texts in all the books of the New Testament

     For in the Rites of funeration they did use to anoint the dead body, with Aromatick Spices and Oyntments, before they buried them.