Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The parting of a cake made of spelt: a ceremony among the Romans at the divorce of man and wife. See confarreation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A form of divorce, among the ancient Romans, in which a cake was used. See confarreation.

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  • noun historical A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.

Etymologies

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Latin diffarreatio; dif- + farreum a spelt cake. See confarreation.

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