euchelaion

[Greek euche = prayer, and elaion =oil.] Gr. Church : The oil with which a penitent guilty of a mortal sin is anointed by an archbishop or bishop and seven priests, in order to gain absolu tion. The ceremony is preceded and followed by prayer, and is called the Sacrament of Eucholaion. eu-chen-ma, s . [Greek eu abundant (?), and cheuma that which is poured; a flood.] Bot.: A genus of rose-spored Alge. Eucheuma speciosum is the Jelly-plant of Australia. ( Treas . of Bot .)