A·noint·ing of the Sick ( -noin t ng)n. Roman Catholic Church The sacrament of anointing a critically ill or weak person, with prayers for recovery and an act of penance or confession. It replaced the sacramental rite of extreme unction in 1972. |
anointing of the sick
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(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a sacrament in which a person who is seriously ill or dying is anointed by a priest with consecrated oil Former name extreme unction
anointing of the sick - The Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation.
See also related terms for sick.
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| Noun | 1. |  anointing of the sick - a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvationsacrament - 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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