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Viaticum

//vʌɪˈatɪkəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death. especially

    "[…]from Anglo-Saxon times there had been a deep conviction that to receive the viaticum was a virtual death sentence which would make subsequent recovery impossible."

  2. 2
    Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey. figuratively, often

    "Towards night-fall he entered a town called Sa’adiyah where he alighted and took out somewhat of his viaticum and ate."

  3. 3
    A portable altar.

Etymology

From Latin viāticum (“travelling-money, provisions for a journey”), from viāticus (“of a road or journey”), from via (“road”). Doublet of voyage.

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