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Definition of Extreme unction
1. Noun. A Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation.
Definition of Extreme unction
1. Noun. The catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Extreme Unction
Literary usage of Extreme unction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"(1) It is therefore a doctrine of Catholic faith that sins are remitted by extreme
unction, and, since neither St. James nor Catholic tradition nor the ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"15) was the first theologian to treat extreme unction systematically. ...
From that time on, extreme unction received more detailed attention, ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"The Sacraments of Penance and of extreme unction were next discussed, together
with thirteen further decrees on reform. Many minor grievances were removed, ..."
4. The two Babylons; or, The papal worship proved to be the worship of Nimrod by Alexander Hislop (1862)
"extreme unction. The last office which Popery performs for living men, is to give
them " extreme unction," to anoint them in the name of the Lord ..."
5. A History of Auricular Confession and Indulgences in the Latin Church by Henry Charles Lea (1896)
"... a second baptism which washed away all the sins of the monk.s extreme unction,
however, was a more important and more durable means of obtaining pardon, ..."
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