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LAST RITES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rites performed in connection with a death or burial
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("last rites" is a kind of...):
religious rite; rite (an established ceremony prescribed by a religion)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
Synonyms:
anointing of the sick; extreme unction; last rites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("last rites" is a kind of...):
sacrament (a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction)
