Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Roman Catholic Church The Anointing of the Sick.
Wiktionary
- n. The catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. See under Unction.
- n. the sacrament of anointing in the last hours; the application of consecrated oil by a priest to all the senses, that is, to eyes, ears, nostrils, etc., of a person when in danger of death from illness, -- done for remission of sins.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
Examples
“These rights are the following: the right of administering baptism, holy viaticum, and extreme unction in all cases where there is no urgent necessity; the right of administering paschal communion, of proclaiming the banns of marriage, and of blessing marriages.”
“Mass and the choir office, the doors of the church being closed (c. lvii, "De sent. exc.", and c. xxiv, eod. in VI), and also the administration of confirmation; on the other hand canonical authors did not allow extreme unction for the sick, but Pius X permits it.”
“Virgin the Blessed Sacrament and administered extreme unction to her.”
“So draw breath, there's a girl, and forget about damnation until you see old Father McGoogle in the morning and get your extreme unction or whatever it is.”
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