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die Letzte Ölung  extreme unction, the last rites

Die Letzte Ölung, ein Sakrament der katholischen Kirche, wird heute Krankensalbung genannt.
Extreme unction (the last rites), a sacrament of the Catholic church, is today called the sacrament of the sick.

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