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last rites vs sacrament

sacrament vs last rites

last rites and sacrament both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
last rites Yes No No No
sacrament Yes No No No
As nouns, sacrament is a hypernym of last rites; that is, sacrament is a word with a broader meaning than last rites:
  • last rites: a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
  • 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
last rites (noun) sacrament (noun)
rites performed in connection with a death or burial 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
a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
Difference between last rites and sacrament

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