Meanings (ES + gloss)
viático
The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.
[…]from Anglo-Saxon times there had been a deep conviction that to receive the viaticum was a virtual death sentence which would make subsequent recovery impossible.
viático
Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey.
That viaticum I had been made to drink had undoubtedly been spiked with cantharides or something.
Towards night-fall he entered a town called Sa’adiyah where he alighted and took out somewhat of his viaticum and ate.
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