"extreme unction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈstɹiːm ˌʌŋk.ʃən/, /ɛkˈstɹiːm ˌʌŋk.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-extreme unction.wav
Etymology: From extreme (“to limit, final”) + unction (“anointing”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|extreme|unction|t1=to limit, final|t2=anointing}} extreme (“to limit, final”) + unction (“anointing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} extreme unction (uncountable)
  1. (Christianity) The Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Tags: uncountable Translations (sacrament): extremunció [feminine] (Catalan), poslední pomazání [neuter] (Czech), viimeinen voitelu (Finnish), extrême-onction [feminine] (French), Letzte Ölung [feminine] (German), utolsó kenet (Hungarian), estrema unzione [feminine] (Italian), namaszczenie chorych [neuter] (Polish), ostatnie namaszczenie [neuter] (Polish), extrema-unção [feminine] (Portuguese), extremaunción [feminine] (Spanish), sista smörjelsen [common-gender] (Swedish), ekstrema unsiyon (Tagalog)
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