extreme unction

Questions about extreme unction

What is another word for extreme unction?

It depends which extreme unction you mean. In the sense “a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation”, the synonyms are anointing of the sick, last rites. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of extreme unction?

WordNet records no antonym for extreme unction. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for extreme unction come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of extreme unction

• Full entry for extreme unctionAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for extreme unctionWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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