last_rites has definitions from the fields of religion,Roman Catholic,Christianity
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[ noun ] (Roman Catholic,religion,Christianity) a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation

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(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

The canons , in a body , had tried to force him on his deathbed to let them give him the last_rites of the Church , but he had died still proclaiming salvation by faith .

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sacrament

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[ noun ] (religion) rites performed in connection with a death or burial

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rite

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