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last offices

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There are funeral pyres of wood where the relatives are carrying out the last offices for the dead.

Turning to his wife, he asked her to carry away the corpse and render to it the last offices.

Priests were admitted to his chamber who performed the last offices of the Church for the dying.

"I fear that the last offices of the Holy Church come too late," said he in a quivering voice.

She would let none touch him but herself; it was a relief to perform the last offices for him who had been her whole life.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to last offices, such as: burial service, exequies, extreme unction, funeral ceremony, funeral rites, and funeral service.

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

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