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

At eleven o'clock in the evening, they brought the viaticum to Do�a Gertrudis with all the ceremony required by such a solemn act.

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

“Now, my brother, send for the priest to come here as quickly as may be with the viaticum; send off every one but the Warden, and shut the door.”

From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Noyes, George Rapall

These words were intended by him as a viaticum for her, but they were really to be a legacy of love to his favorite child.

From Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) by Howe, Julia Ward

Thus it was not a simple viaticum for protection during the journey from Bohemia, and it was not so regarded by any one.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles