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Meaning of VIATICUM

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Vi*at"i*cum\, n. [L., from viaticus, a. See {Viatic}.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) An allowance for traveling expenses made to
   those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any
   office or perform any service.

2. Provisions for a journey. --Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).

3. (R. C. Ch.) The communion, or eucharist, when given to
   persons in danger of death.

 

 

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