last rites English

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What does last rites mean?

last rites

— noun (= anointing of the sick) a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation

— noun rites performed in connection with a death or burial

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extreme unction

anointing of the sick

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Funeral

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