English
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Etymology
From Latin #Latin|viÄticum ‘travelling-money, provisions for a journey’, neuter singular of viaticus|viÄticus, from via ‘way’.
Pronunciation
IPA|/vaɪˈætɪkəm/
Noun
en-noun|viatica
- The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.
- Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey (often figurative).
#*1885: Towards night-fall he entered a town called Sa’adiyah where he alighted and took out somewhat of his viaticum and ate — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Night 20)
#*1971: That viaticum I had been made to drink had undoubtedly been spiked with cantharides or something — Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 184)
Translations
trans-top|Eucharist
Danish: viaticum
Dutch: viaticum
French: viatique
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Polish: wiatyk m
Spanish: viático m
Swedish: viaticum
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