the last rites
noun /ðə ˌlɑːst ˈraɪts/
/ðə ˌlæst ˈraɪts/
[plural]- a Christian religious ceremony that a priest performs for, and in the presence of, a dying person
- to administer the last rites to somebody
- He received the last rites from a Roman Catholic priest and died an hour later.