frumentation

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin frūmentātiō

Noun

frumentation (countable and uncountable, plural frumentations)

  1. (historical) The distribution of corn to the people (especially to appease them during agitation for social or political change)

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