Viaticum is a term used especially in the Catholic Church for the Eucharist (communion) administered, with or without anointing of the sick, to a person who is dying, and is thus a part of the last rites. According to Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, `The Catholic tradition of giving the Eucharist to the dying ensures that instead of dying alone....
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money or provisions for journey; Eucharist for a dying person
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• (n.) The communion, or eucharist, when given to persons in danger of death. • (n.) An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service. • (n.) Provisions for a journey.
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'Travelling money' . pay for recruit's initial training period.
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Nourishment for the journey. It is the communion brought with a certain solemnity to a patient who is close to death
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The travelling money or pay for recruits initial training period.
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Vi·at'i·cum noun [ Latin , from
viaticus , adjective See
Viatic .]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service.
2. Provisions for a journey.
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