solatium
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"Or as a solatium, if you fail," remarked the other genially.
From The Crown of Life by George Gissing
It means "comfort in sorrow," and in Scotch law it denotes a compensation for wounded feelings, solatium, moral and intellectual damages in short.
From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Israel Abrahams
No: Travers hasn't been running around and finding me a better-paid job as a solatium.
From Foe-Farrell by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
He tossed off a bumper of wine and added, "Or a solatium, Master Wheatman, a solatium."
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
In China every official has his salary paid in two parts: one called the "regular stipend," the other, a "solatium to encourage honesty."
From The Awakening of China by W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons) Martin
Petau tells us that he wrote verses to solace the evils of old age— —— Petavius æger Cantabat veteris quærens solatia morbi.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
You ought to have brought the matter before us yourselves: at least, now, support him with the necessary "solatia."
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Thomas Hodgkin
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