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VIAT OB.
claim for viaticum, and it is always the practice to give subsibtence
money.
O. Provisions taken for use on a journey. Also
transf. (quot. 1862).
1663 Patrick FaraK Pilgr. xviii, It will be a very good
Viaticitm for you, and in the strength of this Food you may
travel many days. l66£ J. Davies Hist. Caribby Isles 239
Afterwards sitting down on the grass, every one fell to what
he had brought along with him for his Viaticum. 1701
WoLLKY yrnl. New York (i86o) 36 This Indian Corn is
their constant Viaticum in their travels and War. 1791 W.
Bartkam Crtr(7//«a 344, I., comforted myself with a frugal
repast of biscuit and dried beef, which was all the food my
viaticum afforded me by this time. 1862 Rawlinson Anc.
Mon.y Chaldxa 1. 135 In the Chaldxan sepulchres a number
of dishes are always ranged round the skeleton, containing
the triaticum of the deceased person. 188a W. G. Blaikie
Livingstone v. S9 Purchasing a loaf and a piece of cheese
as viaticum, he started for a college at Oberlin.
3. transf. s.-R&fig. (from senses i and 2).
a 1618 Davies Wittes Pilgr. Wits. (Grosarl) II. 46/1 And
sith thy Pilgrimage is almost past Thou needst the lesse
Viaticum for it. 1640 Fiecknoe Trav. xxxiii. (1667) 103
Tis to.. travel without viaticum for any to.. undertake a
voyage without the Language of the Country, where he goes.
1649 Je>