viaticum /vʌɪˈatɪkəm/ noun3 •Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey.Towards night-fall he entered a town called Sa’adiyah where he alighted and took out somewhat of his viaticum and ate. — 1885 •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. — 1971 •A portable altar. formsviatica · viaticums