Anointing of the Sick

English

Proper noun

Anointing of the Sick

1. A Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a sick or dying person with oil and prays for his salvation.

Synonyms

• extreme unction
• last rites

Translations

sacrament

• Finnish: sairaan voitelu
• German: Krankensalbung (de) f
• Hungarian: betegek kenete, betegek szentsége
• Polish: namaszczenie chorych (pl) n, ostatnie namaszczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: extrema-unção (pt) f
• Russian: елеосвяще́ние (ru) n (jeleosvjaščénije), собо́рование (ru) n (sobórovanije)
• Spanish: unción de los enfermos f Extrema Unción (es) f, extremaunción (es) f