Anointing-of-the-sick Synonyms

ə-nointĭng
A Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
Synonyms:
  1. extreme-unction
  2. last rights
  3. last-rites

Anointing-of-the-sick Sentence Examples

  • The Catholic Church has more wisely left physicians in possession, and elevated the anointing of the sick into a sacrament to be used only in cases of mortal sickness, and even then not to the exclusion of the healing art.

  • The sacrament of the anointing of the sick in the Roman church is treated under Extreme Unction.

  • The Catholic Church considers baptism as one of the seven sacraments, which also includes the Holy Eucharist, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Holy Orders, Matrimony, and Anointing of the Sick.

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