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extreme unction
EK-streem
noun
the anointing of the sick, a Catholic sacrament
1875William Dean HowellsA Foregone ConclusionSomebody administering the extreme unction to a victim of the Council of Ten?1880Fyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers Karamazov After taking the communion, the service of extreme unction followed.

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