[…]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.
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Viaticum
/vʌɪˈatɪkəm/
Synonyms for "viaticum" (18 found)
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Sample sentences
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Towards night-fall he entered a town called Sa’adiyah where he alighted and took out somewhat of his viaticum and ate.
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That viaticum I had been made to drink had undoubtedly been spiked with cantharides or something.
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