終しゅう油ゆの秘ひ蹟せき

expression, noun

extreme unction; anointing of the sick

Obsolete Catholic term for the sacrament of anointing of the sick, now called 病者の塗油 (びょうしゃのとゆ) in modern Japanese. Used historically in pre-Vatican II contexts.

See also: 病者の塗油

• かつてカトリック教きょう会かいでは、終しゅう油ゆの秘ひ蹟せきは臨りん終じゅうの者ものに施ほどこされていた。

  In the past, in the Catholic Church, extreme unction was administered to the dying.