last rites

noun Roman Catholic Church.
anointing of the sick.
Origin:
1925–30

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last rites
 
—pl n
Christianity religious rites prescribed for those close to death

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His own health was so poor that priests pronounced his last rites on several different occasions.
Busby was terribly injured and was administered last rites but survived.
And then the priest was going to give me my last rites.
He also performed the last rites for many of the fallen.
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