| 单词 | extreme unction |
| 释义 | > as lemmasextreme unction 3. Last, latest. Obsolete or archaic, except in extreme unction, in the Roman Catholic Church, ‘a sacrament in which the sick in danger of death are anointed by a priest for the health of soul and body, the anointing being accompanied by a set form of words’ ( Catholic Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adjective] > last in order latemostOE nextOE aftermostOE latestOE lastc1175 outmost1447 terminalc1475 extreme1477 hindmost1526 final1530 lag1552 uttermosta1555 darrein1555 utter1558 lattermost1566 afterward1584 dernier1602 ultime1626 ultimate1728 postreme1814 society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > [noun] > of the sick or dying last elingc1315 anelingc1350 last anointing1357 extreme unction1477 the Anointing of the Sick1575 last rites1594 chrism1635 the last sacraments1760 the sacrament of the sick1972 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 112 The extreme draughtes of deth. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxviii. sig. k.iv The extreme day. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. ii. f. 10 The daie of extreme iugement. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 795 Other writers, ascribe the institution of this extreame unction to Felix the fourth. 1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown viii. §8 The extream Moments of Life. 1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais vi. 9 Thy extreme hope, the loveliest and the last. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost i. 17 Those who upon a dying bed receive the Sacrament of Extreme Unction. < as lemmas |
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