Sacred rite recognized as of particular importance and significance

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A corpse is dressed in grave clothes and layed out for mourners to visit. Etching with engraving.

Boer War: a chaplain administering the Sacrament to a dying soldier on a battlefield. Halftone, c. 1900, after F. J. Waugh.

M0009318: Seven Sacraments Altarpiece: ordination, marriage and extreme unction

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Sacraments

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A corpse is dressed in grave clothes and layed out for mourners to visit. Etching with engraving.

Boer War: a chaplain administering the Sacrament to a dying soldier on a battlefield. Halftone, c. 1900, after F. J. Waugh.

M0009318: Seven Sacraments Altarpiece: ordination, marriage and extreme unction