last rites

Noun
  1. A Catholic sacrament;
    A priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation (synset 101041669)
    is a type of: sacrament - a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
    same as: anointing of the sick, extreme unction
  2. Rites performed in connection with a death or burial (synset 101032184)
    domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
    is a type of: religious rite, rite - an established ceremony prescribed by a religion

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