viaticum (plural viaticums or viatica)
The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.
(often, figurative) Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey.
A portable altar.
Source: Wiktionary
Vi*at"i*cum, n. Etym: [L., from viaticus, a. See Viatic.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: The communion, or eucharist, when given to persons in danger of death.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
