extreme unction

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.stɹiːm.ʌŋk.ʃən/

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Noun

extreme unction (uncountable)

1. (Christianity) The Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

Translations

sacrament

• Finnish: viimeinen voitelu
• French: extrême-onction (fr) f
• German: Letzte Ölung f
• Hungarian: utolsó kenet
• Polish: namaszczenie chorych (pl) n, ostatnie namaszczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: extrema-unção (pt) f
• Tagalog: ekstremaunsyon