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extreme unction

n. Roman Catholic Church

The Anointing of the Sick.

extreme unction

(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a former name for anointing of the sick

Extreme Unction of undertakers—Lipton, 1970.

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extreme unction - a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation

anointing of the sick, last rites

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

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extreme unction (redirected from Anointing of the Sick (Catholic Church))

extreme unction
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