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Last rites

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Noun
  1. 1
    Final treatment of a dead man. plural, plural-only

    "[...] withdrawal of the Neath-Brecon passenger service [...] was carried out as scheduled on October 15, when 14 intermediate stations and halts were closed to passengers. [...] Our South Wales correspondent writes that the last rites attracted so many people that a relief had to be run to the 4.10 p.m. from Neath."

  2. 2
    rites performed in connection with a death or burial wordnet
  3. 3
    Final treatment of a dead man.; The Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. plural, plural-only
  4. 4
    a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation wordnet

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