extreme unction

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Accepting it, he joked: "I knew that being made a Saoi... is extreme unction; it is a final anointment - Aosdana's last rites."

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2015

The movie is a dewy valentine in funeral time, a last rite administered with extreme unction.

From Time • May 24, 2013

Then attendants washed the Pope's face, hands and feet for their anointing in the last rite: extreme unction.

From Time Magazine Archive

Commercial jobs pay much more, but Milton Cross's extreme unction is unsuited to most commercial shows, which usually require more extraverted talent.

From Time Magazine Archive

“It does not mean anything. They give extreme unction to anyone who is seriously ill,” Mama whispered, when Papa and Father Benedict left.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie