Viaticum \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)