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extreme unction

noun as in anointing of the sick

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Example Sentences

Rather late that evening we administered extreme unction to him, for otherwise he was sufficiently prepared for it.

The priest may be obliged to administer baptism, to hear confession, to give the Viaticum and Extreme Unction.

It was used as well for a confessional, and to carry the priest to and from visits of extreme unction.

Madame de Saint-Simon told me afterward that he had received extreme unction; in fine that he had died at half-past eight.

From the preface to the Persiles he appears to have received extreme unction before the last word of it was written.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to extreme unction, such as: last rites, sacrament of the sick, the holy oil of the sick, the unction of god, and viaticum.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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