Con-făr-re-ā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. confarreatio, from confarreare, from farreum (sc. libum, cake), a spelt-cake, from farreus, made of spelt, from far, a sort of grain, spelt.] (Antiq.) The solemnization of marriage among the Romans, by a ceremony in which the bridegroom and bride tasted a cake made of flour, with salt and water, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses. Ayliffe.