Meaning of EXTREME UNCTION
| Pronunciation: | | ik'streem 'ungkshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation |
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| | Synonyms: | | anointing of the sick, last rites |
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| | See Also: | | sacrament | |
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| | Related Terms: | | baptism, burial service, chrism, chrismal, chrismation, chrismatory, chrisom, confirmation, deathwatch, dirge, eulogy, exequies, funeral oration, funeral rites, holy orders, last duty, last honors, last offices, last rites, matrimony, obsequies, ointment, penance, requiem, requiem mass, sacramental anointment, sacred unction, seven sacraments, the Eucharist, unction, viaticum, wake |
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