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extreme unction
[ ek-streem, ik-streem ]
extreme unction
noun
- RC Church a former name for anointing of the sick
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of extreme unction1
First recorded in 1570鈥80
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If I were diagnosing democracy right now in America, it is in a state of extreme unction.
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鈥淒id you call a priest to give him extreme unction?鈥 he asked.
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Accepting it, he joked: "I knew that being made a Saoi... is extreme unction; it is a final anointment - Aosdana's last rites."
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The movie is a dewy valentine in funeral time, a last rite administered with extreme unction.
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Another woman grinned with pride when she correctly answered that 鈥渆xtreme unction鈥 is what Catholics used to call the Anointing of the Sick, part of the Last Rites.
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