| 单词 | last rites |
| 释义 | last rites (once / 22774 pages) n WORD FAMILY last rites USAGE EXAMPLESThere were accounts of her receiving last rites, then rallying to a more stable condition as her far-younger husband collapsed from exhaustion. Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) The couple’s last rites were steeped in faith, but a cloud of uncertainty hung over the town of 1,220 northeast of Oklahoma City. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) “It was distressing for me,” Dr. Koh said, adding that the customer’s physician “was basically reading his last rites.” New York Times(Oct 14, 2016) 1n a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation Syn|Hyper anointing of the sick, extreme unction sacrament 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 2n rites performed in connection with a death or burial Hyper religious rite, rite an established ceremony prescribed by a religion |
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