last rites

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Noun last rites has 2 senses

anointing of the sick, extreme unction, last rites - a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
--₁ is a kind of sacrament
last rites - rites performed in connection with a death or burial
--₂ is a kind of rite, religious rite

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