last rites

noun

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The preference for sons is rooted in a patriarchal structure where boys are expected to carry on the family lineage, inherit property, and perform essential last rites for their parents. Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025 The two discuss last rites and summer tanagers. Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025 The dichotomy in Las Casas’s narration is now birth and death, being and nothingness: Las Casas baptized the man and performed last rites in the same breath. Greg Grandin september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025 After he was absolutely demolished off the line by the ageless Calais Campbell, who was going to read Jones his last rites, Puni, reacting as anyone would, tried to recover and held Campbell in the end zone. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for last rites

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of last rites was in 1611

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“Last rites.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20rites. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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