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extremaunción

last rites

noun eks-treh-mah-oon-SYOHN Rare
People & Society Religion

Origin: From Latin extrema unctio (final anointing).

Usage Note

Extremaunción is the Catholic sacrament of anointing the sick, now officially called unción de los enfermos in the post-Vatican II Church, though the traditional term extremaunción remains common in everyday and literary language. It is written as one word; the plural is extremaunciones.

Examples

"El sacerdote administró la extremaunción al moribundo."

Natural Translation

The priest administered the last rites to the dying man.

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