last rites
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They are also trying to build consensus around subjects such as the last rites of repatriated remains.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024
Even if you know something about Kennedy’s lifelong health problems, their extent and seriousness are shocking: He was given last rites twice before his last last rites.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023
Four narrow caskets, recently pulled from the back of a covered truck, rested on stands under an insistent snowfall as an Orthodox priest performed last rites.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023
Monday, hundreds of people, including Ramesh, were milling outside the city’s four small crematoriums, waiting in line to perform last rites.
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2022
Abandoned by the cluster of ministrants who had obscured her as the last rites were being offered, Guenever stood like a beacon.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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