Meanings
- A Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a sick or dying person with oil and prays for his salvation.
Synonyms: extreme unction, last rites
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a sick or dying person with oil and prays for his salvation.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque oleazio, oliadura
- oleaziosacrament
- oliadurasacrament
Catalan unció dels malalts, extremunció
- unció dels malaltssacrament
- extremunciósacrament
Finnish sairaan voitelu
- sairaan voitelusacrament
German Krankensalbung
- Krankensalbungsacrament
Hungarian betegek kenete, betegek szentsége
- betegek kenetesacrament
- betegek szentségesacrament
Polish namaszczenie chorych, ostatnie namaszczenie
- namaszczenie chorychsacrament
- ostatnie namaszczeniesacrament
Portuguese extrema-unção
- extrema-unçãosacrament
Russian елеосвяще́ние, собо́рование
- елеосвяще́ние (jeleosvjaščénije)sacrament
- собо́рование (sobórovanije)sacrament
Spanish unción de los enfermos f Extrema Unción, extremaunción
- unción de los enfermos f Extrema Unciónsacrament
- extremaunciónsacrament
Swedish de sjukas smörjelse
- de sjukas smörjelsesacrament
Cite this entry
Anointing of the Sick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anointing%20of%20the%20Sick
“Anointing of the Sick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anointing%20of%20the%20Sick. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anointing of the Sick,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anointing%20of%20the%20Sick.
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