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extreme unction: see anointing of the sick anointing of the sick, sacrament of the Orthodox Eastern Church and the Roman Catholic Church, formerly known as extreme unction. In it a sick or dying person is anointed on eyes, ears, nostrils, lips, hands, feet, and sometimes, in the case of men, the loins, by a ..... Click the link for more information. . extreme unction Roman Catholic sacrament given to a person in danger of dying. [Christianity: RHD, 506] See : Death extreme unction (last rites) anointing at the hour of death, sacrament of Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. [Christianity: NCE, 689] See : Farewell |
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Three neighbours surrounded her when the dominie administered the Extreme Unction. Extreme unction had been administered to the cardinal, who, faithful to his habits of dissimulation, struggled against appearances, and even against reality, receiving company in his bed, as if he only suffered from a temporary complaint. |
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