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Definition of viaticum in English: viaticumnounPlural viatica vʌɪˈatɪkəmvaɪˈædəkəm 1The Eucharist as given to a person near or in danger of death. 临终圣餐 Example sentencesExamples - In February 1878 Pius IX died but one month after allowing Victor Emanuel II to receive the viaticum during the king's final bout with malaria.
- Once, when he was seriously ill, the priest came to his house to administer viaticum to him but he said he could not die because he had not yet sculpted anything.
- This was the devastating viaticum of Pomponne de Bellievre for the dying Henry III, king of France.
- Liturgically, the scene embodies the mass as viaticum, the last mass for the departing soul and a crucial aid for the dying, which Fernando I used as a means of ensuring entrance to Heaven.
2archaic A supply of provisions or an official allowance of money for a journey. 〈古〉差旅供应品;差旅费 Synonyms supplies, food and drink, food, stores, stocks, groceries, foodstuff, foodstuffs, rations, iron rations, eatables, edibles, fare, daily bread, staples
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin, neuter of viaticus, from via 'road'. Definition of viaticum in US English: viaticumnounvīˈadəkəmvaɪˈædəkəm 1The Eucharist as given to a person near or in danger of death. 临终圣餐 Example sentencesExamples - Liturgically, the scene embodies the mass as viaticum, the last mass for the departing soul and a crucial aid for the dying, which Fernando I used as a means of ensuring entrance to Heaven.
- Once, when he was seriously ill, the priest came to his house to administer viaticum to him but he said he could not die because he had not yet sculpted anything.
- This was the devastating viaticum of Pomponne de Bellievre for the dying Henry III, king of France.
- In February 1878 Pius IX died but one month after allowing Victor Emanuel II to receive the viaticum during the king's final bout with malaria.
2archaic A supply of provisions or an official allowance of money for a journey. 〈古〉差旅供应品;差旅费 Synonyms supplies, food and drink, food, stores, stocks, groceries, foodstuff, foodstuffs, rations, iron rations, eatables, edibles, fare, daily bread, staples
OriginMid 16th century: from Latin, neuter of viaticus, from via ‘road’. |