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Synonyms for extreme unction
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ek-streem, ik-streem |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk strim, ɪkˈstrim |
Définition of extreme unction
- noun anointing of the sick
- She awaited the Extreme Unction, and now God alone could save her.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- If a patient seemed likely to die, extreme unction was administered.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- A priest gave him Extreme Unction, but consciousness did not return.
- Extract from : « A Word Only A Word, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- The celibacy of the clergy and the rite of extreme unction are also very unpopular.
- Extract from : « The Gist of Japan » by R. B. Peery
- It was interesting to see him administer the extreme unction to a dying man.
- Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 2 » by John McElroy
- Ernest Dowson's most beautiful verses are on the Extreme Unction.
- Extract from : « The Life of Francis Thompson » by Everard Meynell
- They also asked for further explanations in regard to extreme unction.
- Extract from : « The Life of Philip Melanchthon » by Karl Friedrich Ledderhose
- When it was concluded, and extreme unction had been administered, the friar withdrew.
- Extract from : « The Mysteries of Udolpho » by Ann Radcliffe
- The old man, he says, joined the sacraments of marriage and extreme unction.
- Extract from : « Alexander Pope » by Leslie Stephen
- "Little need had ye of a praist, and extreme unction," he said.
- Extract from : « Wyandotte » by James Fenimore Cooper
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