unaneled
/ʌnəˈniːld/
adjective
- Not having received the sacrament of anointing (extreme unction) before death; historically, dying without last rites.
- In medieval times, people feared dying unaneled and without confession.
- The old poem describes a knight who died unaneled on the battlefield.
- She was worried about her grandfather passing away unaneled, so she called a priest.
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