A Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation.
1Tells about the Forty Hours' Devotion and the anointing of the sick.
2They had been told he was on his way to administer the anointing of the sick, otherwise known as the mob boss's last rites.
3At the beginning of the eighth century the anointing of the sick began to decline, largely on account of the changed attitude of the church.
4In v. 14-16 we have a direction given with regard to the anointing of the sick by the presbyters of the Church.
Translations for anointing of the sick