viaticum


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
viaticum /vʌɪˈatɪkəm/
noun (pl. viatica /-kə/)
  • 1 the Eucharist as given to a person near or in danger of death.
  • 2 archaic a supply of provisions or allowance of money for a journey.
– origin C16: from L., neut. of viaticus, from via ‘road’.
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