Vi-āt'i-ŭm, n.

noun

n. [Lat., from viaticus, from via, a way; It., Sp., & Pg. viatico. Fr. viatique.]

Provisions for a journey.
(Rom. Antiq.) (a.) An allowance to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service. (b.) An allowance to the officers and soldiers of the army.
(Rom. Cath. Church.) The communion or eucharist, given to persons in their last moments.