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Noun: anointing of the sick
  1. A Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
    "The family called for a priest to perform the anointing of the sick";
    - extreme unction, last rites

Type of: sacrament

Encyclopedia: Anointing of the sick