extreme unction
Example Sentences
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Accepting it, he joked: "I knew that being made a Saoi... is extreme unction; it is a final anointment - Aosdana's last rites."
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2015
The movie is a dewy valentine in funeral time, a last rite administered with extreme unction.
From Time • May 24, 2013
"In the old days," he says, "a patient put on his light to indicate he needed something, and a floor nurse would respond to discover whether this something was extreme unction or a bedpan."
From Time Magazine Archive
Commercial jobs pay much more, but Milton Cross's extreme unction is unsuited to most commercial shows, which usually require more extraverted talent.
From Time Magazine Archive
“It does not mean anything. They give extreme unction to anyone who is seriously ill,” Mama whispered, when Papa and Father Benedict left.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
