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last rites

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  1. plural, plural only Final treatment of a dead man. [...] withdrawal of the Neath-Brecon passenger service [...] was carried out as scheduled on October 15, when 14 intermediate stations and halts were closed to passengers. [...] Our South Wales correspondent writes that the last rites attracted so many people that a relief had to be run to the 4.10
  2. plural, plural only The Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

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noun Catholic sacrament

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@misc{last_rites_2026,
  title = {last rites},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/last%20rites},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}