In the
Latter Day Saint movement, the
second anointing, also known historically and in
Latter Day Saint scripture as the
fulness of the priesthood, is an obscure and relatively rare
ordinance usually conducted in
temples as extension of the
Nauvoo Endowment ceremony. Founder
Joseph Smith cited the "fulness of the priesthood" as one of the reasons for building the
Nauvoo Temple. In the ordinance, a participant is anointed as a "priest and king" or a "priestess and queen", and is sealed to the
highest degree of salvation available in Mormon theology. Those who participate in this ordinance are said to have their "
calling and election made sure", and their
celestial marriage "sealed by the
holy spirit of promise". They are said to have received the "
more sure word of prophecy".