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viaticum definition

vi·ati·cum (vī at′i kəm)

noun pl. viatica -·ca (-kə) or viaticums -·cums

    1. in ancient Rome, money or supplies provided as traveling expenses to an officer on an official mission
    2. money or supplies for any journey
  2. the Eucharist as given to a dying person or to one in danger of death

Etymology: L, provision for a journey < viaticus, of a way or road < via, a way: see via

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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