the last rites Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌlɑːst ˈraɪts]
  • Us [ ˌlæst ˈraɪts]

Meaning of the last rites In English

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Examples of the last rites

  • Rascon was so badly wounded that day that he was given his last rites.

  • These men were his ancestors, who were doomed to misery as their children had not performed their last rites.

  • The priest readied himself to administer last rites.

  • He read them their last rites, and they were hanged.

  • This is not to be confused with extreme unction (last rites), since healing is prayed for and expected.

  • They will be able to come in only on the last rites.

  • For a 600 year-old institution over which the last rites have been frequently read we are in remarkably robust health.

  • A captured elephant will perform last rites upon itself.

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