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extreme unction
extreme unctionn. Roman Catholic Church The sacramental anointing of a person in immediate danger of death. The term was discarded in 1972 with the establishment of the more general sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.extreme unction n (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a former name for anointing of the sick anoint′ing of the sick′
n. a sacrament consisting of anointment with oil and the recitation of prayer by a priest to a person who is critically ill or dying. Also called extreme unction. Extreme Unction of undertakers—Lipton, 1970.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  extreme unction - a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvationanointing of the sick, last ritessacrament - a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction |
Translationsextreme unction
extreme unction: see anointing of the sickanointing of the sick,
sacrament of the Orthodox Eastern Church and the Roman Catholic Church, formerly known as extreme unction. In it a sick or dying person is anointed on eyes, ears, nostrils, lips, hands, feet, and sometimes, in the case of men, the loins, by a priest while
..... Click the link for more information. .extreme unctionRoman Catholic sacrament given to a person in danger of dying. [Christianity: RHD, 506]See: Death
extreme unction(last rites) anointing at the hour of death, sacrament of Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. [Christianity: NCE, 689]See: Farewellextreme unction
Related to extreme unction: anointing of the sickSynonyms for extreme unctionnoun a Catholic sacramentSynonyms- anointing of the sick
- last rites
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