noun
a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
• Syn: ↑extreme unction, ↑last rites
• Hypernyms: ↑sacrament
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Rom. Cath. Ch.
a sacrament consisting of anointment with oil and the recitation of prayer, administered by a priest to a person who is very ill or dying. Formerly, extreme unction. Also called last rites.
[1880-85]
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(in the Roman Catholic Church) the sacramental anointing of the ill or infirm with blessed oil; unction
Useful english dictionary. 2012.