last offices
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“Acorn and the Firestorm” takes square, belated aim at reviving the reputation of Acorn, which closed its last offices in 2010.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2018
Even the woman who performed the last offices for the dead remarked to me, in a confidential, brother-professional way, when she had come out from the death-chamber:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
On Wednesday, the inhabitants of the town, of the county, and the adjacent parts of Maryland proceeded to Mount Vernon to perform the last offices to the body of their illustrious neighbor.
From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Moore, Gay Montague
Even in articulo mortis he refused to receive the sacraments from the parish priest at the cost of submission, but the last offices were performed by his friend Professor Friedrich.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
The unhappy Hoder, unable to take part in these last offices, made his way sadly through Asgard, beyond the walls and along the seashore, until he came to the house Fensalir.
From Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas by Wilmot-Buxton, E. M. (Ethel Mary)
