last rites
Example Sentences
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Once those corpses were lowered, four more dead soldiers in crimson-covered caskets were sung their last rites.
From New York Times
Later, he visited Ms. Clancy in her hospital room while she was still unconscious and delivered the sacrament of anointing of the sick, which is sometimes known as last rites.
From New York Times
They called it a “great travesty” that he didn’t receive his last rites, a sacrament administered before death.
From Los Angeles Times
He was given the last rites by Fr Hugh Mullan as he lay on waste ground, and later witnessed the fatal shooting of the priest and another of the victims, Frank Quinn.
From BBC
A priest had been called to administer last rites.
From Washington Post
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