NOUN
- a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
- rites performed in connection with a death or burial
How To Use last rites In A Sentence
- But they can not perform Catholic sacramental duties, such as hearing confession, offering Communion or giving last rites.
- The priest was called to administer the last rites.
- to administer the last rites to sb.
- The General somehow obtained a coffin and lent every assistance toward the last rites.
- A Catholic priest gives the last rites to the dying and may offer a mass for a soul that departed to purgatory before making peace with God.
- People can't digest the fact that a comedian can behave normally in his day to day life. The worst was the time when my father died and I was performing the last rites and somebody asked me questions like "How much do you earn?" and "Which is your next release"? Asrani
- The Cape Girardeau Crash Retrieval called for a local minister to come to the scene and administer last rites to several dead aliens.
- Once the judge had retired the two clergymen came forward, passing along the line to intone the last rites. A SONG AT TWILIGHT
- Father Stephen Lea administered the last rites to the dead men.
- People can't digest the fact that a comedian can behave normally in his day to day life. The worst was the time when my father died and I was performing the last rites and somebody asked me questions like "How much do you earn?" and "Which is your next release"? Asrani
