extreme unction; anointing of the sick
Obsolete Catholic term; the modern Japanese term is 病者の塗油 (byōsha no toyu) or simply 塗油 (toyu).
See also: 病者の塗油
Extreme unction was once administered as a last sacrament in the Catholic Church.
extreme unction; anointing of the sick
From 終 (shū, 'end') + 油 (yu, 'oil'), referring to the anointing with oil at the end of life. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is now obsolete.