extreme unction

Noun

Meaning

a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation

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Synonyms

anointing of the sick last rites funeral chrism baptism canonization eulogy unction chrisom viaticum chrismation obsequies memorial service holy orders chrismatory
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Hypernyms

sacrament

Examples

After the Pope's canonization, another miracle is said to have taken place when a Christian family activist named Clem Lane suffered a major heart attack and was placed in an oxygen tent, where he was given extreme unction. Source: Internet

He received extreme unction twice, and took communion until his doctors warned that he would be unable to swallow the host. Source: Internet

Before he died he received the sacrament we used to call extreme unction. Source: Internet

We forbid abbots and monks to impose public penances, to visit the sick, to administer extreme unction, and to sing public masses. Source: Internet

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