Meaning of Viaticum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.
   especially
2. Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey.
   figuratively, often
3. A portable altar.

Equivalents

Examples

“[…]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.”

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

One Thousand and One Nights

“That viaticum I had been made to drink had undoubtedly been spiked with cantharides or something.”

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