last rites
English Thesaurus
1. rites performed in connection with a death or burial (noun.act)
hypernym | : | religious rite, rite, |
definition | : | an established ceremony prescribed by a religion (noun.act) |
domain usage | : | plural, plural form, |
definition | : | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one (noun.communication) |
2. a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation (noun.act)
hypernym | : | sacrament, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
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