NOUN
- a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
How To Use anointing of the sick In A Sentence
- His churches celebrate seven sacraments: baptism, chrismation (confirmation), Holy Communion, marriage, holy orders, reconciliation and anointing of the sick. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
- I realize in religious celebration one may use the term gift as in 'a Sacrament in the Church is a gift, whether it is Anointing of the Sick or Reconciliation 'for those who believe in God. MercatorNet
- Mass will be celebrated daily at 3.00 p.m. (with anointing of the sick) followed by the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament and finishing with Benediction at the Apparition Chapel.
- They observe seven sacraments: the Eucharist, Baptism, Confirmation, Penance, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and the Anointing of the Sick.
- The rite formerly in practice in which a priest anointed and prayed for a sick or an injured person, especially one in danger of death. In 972 the name and rite were changed to Anointing of the Sick.
