viaticals (viatikalz)

pl. [Pl. of * viatical, vibrant His [Cicero's] language, so admirable in everything else, was unfit for it; his back would have been bent, bowed down, and broken under the weight of armor and viaticals which Titus carried with him easily and far. Landor, Imag. Conv., As in i us Pollio and Licinius Calvus, ii. viaticum (vi-at'i-kum), n. [F. viatique = Sp. viático =Pg. It. viatico, A poor viaticum ; very good gold, sir; But holy men affect a better treasure. Fletcher, Pilgrim, i. 2. The smallne of their viaticum and accommodation for their voyage. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 76. 2. In Rom. antiq., an allowance for the expenses of the journey, made to officers who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service. Under the republic it had the form of transportation and supplies furnished by state contractors; under the empire it was a fixed payment of money. 3. The eucharist: in old usage generally, in modern usage exclusively, employed to designate it as given to a person in danger of death. According to Roman Catholic, Greek, etc., ecclesiastical law, such persons are allowed to receive the communion, even if they are not fasting, and they may do so again and again in the same illne if circumstances render it expedient. The viaticum is given by the parish priest, or by another priest deputed by him. She received the heavenly viaticum but the Sunday before, after a most solemn recollection. Evelyn , Diary, Sept. 9, 1678. Shall extreme unction, or other ghostly viaticum (to Louis, not to France), be administered? Carlyle , French Rev., I. i. 3. 4. A portable altar: so called because often taken to the bedside of the dying. viator (vi-a'tor), n.; pl. viatores (vi-a-tō'rēz). [L. viator, a traveler, viator i ally (vi-a-to'ri-al-i), adv. [ Daily Telegraph , Sept. 29, 1885. (Encyc. Dict.) via to riant (vi-a-tō'ri-an), a. Belonging to the way or to traveling. Blount . vibex (vi'beks), n.; pl. vibices (vi-bī'sēz). [NL.,