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last rites en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (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:
  2. (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)