Viaticum Definition

vī-ătĭ-kəm, vē-
viatica, viaticum
noun
In ancient Rome, money or supplies provided as traveling expenses to an officer on an official mission.
Webster's New World
The Eucharist as given to a dying person or to one in danger of death.
Webster's New World
Money or supplies for any journey.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Viaticum

Noun

Singular:
viaticum
Plural:
viatica

Origin of Viaticum

  • From Latin viāticum (“travelling-money, provisions for a journey"), from viāticus (“of a road or journey"), from via (“road").

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin viāticum from Latin traveling provisions from neuter of viāticus viatic viatical

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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