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- noun purchasing insurance policies for cash from terminally ill policy holders
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The adjectival equivalent in Latin of both these words is viaticus, i.e. "of or pertaining to a road or journey" (Facciolati and Forcellini, "Lexicon").
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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