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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Viaticum  \Vi*at"i*cum\,  n.  [L.,  from  viaticus,  a.  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.  --Davies  (Wit's  Pilgr.). 
 
  3.  (R.  C.  Ch.)  The  communion,  or  eucharist,  when  given  to 
  persons  in  danger  of  death. 

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