viaticum

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The voice of the poet deepens steadily right up to his viaticum, delivered to the world at war: We live in a camp.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next we sought out the moneychangers in their dens, to transmute William's viaticum bit by bit into four foreign currencies.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 by Various

No; that miniature is not the viaticum for eternity.

From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron

In this bed he once lay for weeks feigning mortal illness, and thus induced the priest to give him the viaticum.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

The priests were thus forced to go to the president of the local Masonic confraternity whenever they were called upon to administer the holy viaticum to the dying, and ask from him the necessary keys.

From The Friars in the Philippines by Coleman, Ambrose