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Extreme unction

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anointing of the sicknounA Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a sick or dying person with oil and prays for his salvation.
last ritesnounThe Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.
inunctionnounThe anointing or rubbing in of oil or balm.
unctionnounA religious or ceremonial anointing.
anointingnounanointment
anointmentnounThe act of anointing with oil or other liquids.
annointmentnounArchaic form of anointment. [The act of anointing with oil or other liquids.]
ointmentnoun(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
institutionnounA long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
enoilingnounThe action of anointing a person with oil.
incensationnoun(Roman Catholicism) The offering of incense.
ostensionnoun(human communication) An act of showing or demonstrating.
ordinationnounThe act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
impositionnounThe act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
impanationnoun(Christianity) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper — as opposed to transubstantiation.
incensionnoun(obsolete) The act of heating or burning
reaggravationnounThe state or act of reaggravating.
indultnoun(Catholicism) A permission or privilege granted by the church authority that excepts an individual from what is otherwise a norm of church law, such as a release from monastic vows.
chrismationnoun(ecclesiastical) The sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
anathemanoun(by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.

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