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extreme unction

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extreme unction

  [ek-streem, ik-streem]
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–noun Roman Catholic Church.
anointing of the sick.
Origin:
1570–80

anointing of the sick

 
–noun Roman Catholic Church.
a sacrament consisting of anointment with oil and the recitation of prayer, administered by a priest to a person who is very ill or dying.
Formerly, extreme unction.
Also called last rites.

Origin:
1880–85
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extreme unction  
n.   Roman Catholic Church
The Anointing of the Sick.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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