viaticum
Example Sentences
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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
It is a procession, going to carry the viaticum, the last sacrament, to a dying person.
From To Cuba and Back by Richard Henry Dana
They are in regard to self-culture what Montaigne calls "the best viaticum for the journey of life."
From Life and Conduct by J. Cameron Lees
The 13th Canon of the Council of Nice ordains that none "be deprived of his perfect and most necessary viaticum when he departs out of this life."
From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous
The priests had the power of forcing their way into the dying man's house, where they presented themselves at his bedside, and offered him conversion and the viaticum.
From The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles
