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
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An ambitious young officer was allowed a liberal viaticum for a journey across the sea to seek promotion.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
The viaticum is the tramp-money that may be claimed from his guild by the travelling workman.
From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie
He asked the father to come and say mass, and to give him the viaticum.
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