confarreation

American  

[kon-far-ee-ey-shuhn] / kɒnˌfær iˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. (among the ancient Romans) a form of marriage ceremony, limited to patricians and obligatory for holders of certain ritual offices, marked by the offering of a cake.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• confarreate
  adjective
• confarreated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of confarreation

1590–1600; < Latin confarreātiōn- (stem of confarreātiō ) equivalent to confarreā ( re ) to contract such a marriage ( con- con- + -farreāre, verbal derivative of farreum cake made of emmer, derivative of far emmer; see barley ¹) + -tiōn- -tion