holy oil

1. 1.

   a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam

   Synonymschrismchrisomsacramental oil

   Broaderointment

Questions about holy oil

What does holy oil mean?

holy oil means "a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam".

What is another word for holy oil?

Close synonyms include chrism, chrisom, sacramental oil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is holy oil a common word?

holy oil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.