Extreme Unction (Noun)
Meaning
A Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The elderly woman was administered extreme unction by the local priest as her family gathered around her bedside in prayer.
- In a moment of desperation, the family requested that extreme unction be performed for their critically injured loved one.
- Priests are often called to hospitals to administer extreme unction to patients who are near death and seeking forgiveness.
- As the terminally ill man's condition worsened, his family summoned a priest to perform extreme unction in the hopes of easing his passage.
- Extreme unction was once commonly known as the last rites, emphasizing its role as a sacrament of healing and forgiveness for the dying.