last rites

/ˈlæst ˌraɪts/

Definitions of last rites

1. noun

   a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
   synonyms: anointing of the sick, extreme unction

   type of:

   sacrament

   a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
2. noun

   rites performed in connection with a death or burial
   type of:

   religious rite, rite

   an established ceremony prescribed by a religion