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单词 viaticum
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Definition of viaticum in English:

viaticum

nounPlural viatica vʌɪˈatɪkəmvaɪˈædəkəm
  • 1The Eucharist as given to a person near or in danger of death.

    临终圣餐

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In February 1878 Pius IX died but one month after allowing Victor Emanuel II to receive the viaticum during the king's final bout with malaria.
    • Once, when he was seriously ill, the priest came to his house to administer viaticum to him but he said he could not die because he had not yet sculpted anything.
    • This was the devastating viaticum of Pomponne de Bellievre for the dying Henry III, king of France.
    • Liturgically, the scene embodies the mass as viaticum, the last mass for the departing soul and a crucial aid for the dying, which Fernando I used as a means of ensuring entrance to Heaven.
  • 2archaic A supply of provisions or an official allowance of money for a journey.

    〈古〉差旅供应品;差旅费

    Synonyms
    supplies, food and drink, food, stores, stocks, groceries, foodstuff, foodstuffs, rations, iron rations, eatables, edibles, fare, daily bread, staples

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin, neuter of viaticus, from via 'road'.

Definition of viaticum in US English:

viaticum

nounvīˈadəkəmvaɪˈædəkəm
  • 1The Eucharist as given to a person near or in danger of death.

    临终圣餐

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Liturgically, the scene embodies the mass as viaticum, the last mass for the departing soul and a crucial aid for the dying, which Fernando I used as a means of ensuring entrance to Heaven.
    • Once, when he was seriously ill, the priest came to his house to administer viaticum to him but he said he could not die because he had not yet sculpted anything.
    • This was the devastating viaticum of Pomponne de Bellievre for the dying Henry III, king of France.
    • In February 1878 Pius IX died but one month after allowing Victor Emanuel II to receive the viaticum during the king's final bout with malaria.
  • 2archaic A supply of provisions or an official allowance of money for a journey.

    〈古〉差旅供应品;差旅费

    Synonyms
    supplies, food and drink, food, stores, stocks, groceries, foodstuff, foodstuffs, rations, iron rations, eatables, edibles, fare, daily bread, staples

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin, neuter of viaticus, from via ‘road’.

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