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anointing of the sick a Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a person who is in danger of imminent death, while praying for recovery and remission of sins; last rites.
extreme unction the sacrament administered by a Roman Catholic priest to a dying person; last rites.
unction the oil used for this, esp. in administering last rites by a Catholic priest. [1/4 definitions]