last rites en · NOUN
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(plural, plural-only) Final treatment of a dead man.
[...] withdrawal of the Neath-Brecon passenger service [...] was carried out as scheduled on October 15, when 14 intermediate stations and halts were closed to passengers. [...] Our South Wales correspondent writes that the last rites attracted so many people that a relief had to be run to the 4.10 p.m. from Neath.
1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Brecon cuts begin”, in Modern Railways, page 372:
- (plural, plural-only) Final treatment of a dead man. ▸ The Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.
Translations (5)
pl ostatnie namaszczenie (Catholic sacrament) · pl namaszczenie chorych (Catholic sacrament) · sv sista smörjelsen (Catholic sacrament) · es extremaunción (Catholic sacrament) · hu utolsó kenet (Catholic sacrament)