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extreme unction

noun
/ɪkˈstɹiːm ˌʌŋk.ʃən/

Etymology

From extreme (“to limit, final”) + unction (“anointing”).

  1. borrowed from unctiō
  2. compounded as extreme unction — “extreme + unction”

Definitions

  1. The Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

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