Viaticum

[vai'ætikәm]

Definition

(n.) An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service.

(n.) Provisions for a journey.

(n.) The communion, or eucharist, when given to persons in danger of death.

Inputed by Kelly

Definition

n. (orig.) provisions for the way: (R.C. Church) the eucharist given to persons in danger of death: a portable altar.—n. Viā′tor a traveller wayfarer: a summoner apparitor.

Editor: Nita