What does last rites mean?

last rites means "a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for last rites?

Close synonyms include anointing of the sick, extreme unction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is last rites a common word?

last rites is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

last rites — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
Synonymsanointing of the sick extreme unction
Broadersacrament
2.
rites performed in connection with a death or burial
Broaderrite
plural

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