'anointed' is a correctly used and usable word in written English.
You would use it when referring to someone being appointed or chosen for a holy responsibility or role, usually by religious means. For example, "The priest anointed the new bishop with holy water."
He was the anointed successor to Malaysia's long-serving leader, Mahathir Mohamad, until the two fell out.
His anointed successor, the former trade unionist Nicolás Maduro, is in a strong position to win new elections.
David Cameron has anointed George Osborne as his natural successor by reappointing his closest cabinet ally as chancellor and promoting him to the position of first secretary of state.
Celebrity stylist Aaron Gray – who was recently anointed the "gay bestie" to Real Housewives of Atlanta star Nene Leakes – told me that he has experienced street harassment for as long as he can remember.
Related: Miliband: I won't have Labour government if it means SNP deal The night went best for Cameron, a verdict borne out by the Guardian's instant poll which anointed him the winner by a 44-38 margin over Miliband.
"You can go into this public domain," Dodson says, "and be anointed a leader by the press, and then they will spit you out when they finish with you".
Every year a couple of European cities are anointed European Capitals of Culture.
The acts of generosity listed in the New Testament, from the Good Samaritan's to that of the woman who anointed Christ's feet, were possible only because the donors had money, she noted.But in other ways, Mrs Thatcher moved away from Methodism, and it moved away from her.
His anointed successor, Prince Salman, is 76 and said to be growing scatty and infirm.
But with the chief posts pre-anointed by the Supreme Leader, the arch-conservative, militaristic tone of the next cabinet is ensured.The IRGC leaders have united behind Mr Ahmadinejad not only to defend their shared idea of an Iran that is less of a republic but more stridently "Islamic".
Then in 1915 a big transformation takes place when he becomes a self-anointed "Suprematist".In this section Birdsong Beastly business Dishing it up Freedom of the city What a disaster Supreme ReprintsThe term, which Malevich invented, expressed his belief that spiritual and aesthetic purity can be achieved only by rejecting representational art.
