disanoint

Etymology

From dis- + anoint.

disanoint means to invalidate the consecration of. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “disanoint” is a great word

DISANOINT — [Verb] To invalidate or undo the religious consecration of, specifically that conferred by an act of anointing. From the English prefix dis- (expressing reversal or deprivation) + anoint (to consecrate with oil, from Old French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from Latin inungere, from in- 'on' + ungere 'to anoint'). Unlike deconsecrate, which broadly removes sacred status, or defrock, which formally strips a clergy member of office, to disanoint is to theologically revoke the sacramental potency of the oil itself. It is the coarse linen scrubbing the chrism from a bishop's palms, the whispered curse that turns a coronation balm to simple grease, the decree that a sacred touch never was—the melancholy recognition that some blessings are not withdrawn but retroactively erased.

verb

To invalidate the consecration of.“to disanoint a king”