VIATICUM
\vˈa͡ɪətˌɪkəm], \vˈaɪətˌɪkəm], \v_ˈaɪ_ə_t_ˌɪ_k_ə_m]\
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By Noah Webster.
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The Eucharist, or Communication, administered by a priest of the Roman Catholic Church to a dying person.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [Latin] Provisions for a journey;—among the ancient Romans, an allowance to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service; an allowance to the officers and soldiers of the army ;— in the Roman Catholic Church, the communion given to persons in their last moments.
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