Confarreation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Confarreation \Con*far`re*a"tion\, n. [L. confarreatio, fr.
     confarreare to marry; con- + farreum (sc. libum cake) a spelt
     cake, fr. farreus made of spelt, fr. far a sort of grain.]
     (Antiq.)
     A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of
     bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least


     ten witnesses.
     [1913 Webster]