viaticum

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The voice of the poet deepens steadily right up to his viaticum, delivered to the world at war: We live in a camp.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had the priest called, made confession, received the viaticum, and even wanted to have extreme unction....

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

"How light a viaticum for so long a journey!" exclaimed a voice.

From The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century by Sue, Eugène

In this bed he once lay for weeks feigning mortal illness, and thus induced the priest to give him the viaticum.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

He said the mass, and paused when he came to the viaticum.

From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)