Read (someone) the last rites

Translation of "read (someone) the last rites" into Russian

read (someone) the last rites

прочитать (кому-то) последние обряды

The priest was called to read him the last rites.

Священника вызвали, чтобы прочитать ему последние обряды.

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To perform a religious ceremony, usually in the Christian faith, for someone who is near death, offering prayers and blessings for their soul. Figuratively, it can also mean to do something for someone or something that is about to end or fail.

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