VIATICUM
\vˈa͡ɪətˌɪkəm], \vˈaɪətˌɪkəm], \v_ˈaɪ_ə_t_ˌɪ_k_ə_m]\
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By Noah Webster.
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The Eucharist, or Communication, administered by a priest of the Roman Catholic Church to a dying person.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [Latin] Provisions for a journey;—among the ancient Romans, an allowance to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service; an allowance to the officers and soldiers of the army ;— in the Roman Catholic Church, the communion given to persons in their last moments.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).