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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

frumentatio

(Rom. Antiq.)

A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.

Noun.

[L. frumentatio.] Among the Romans, a largess of grain bestowed on the people to quiet them when uneasy or turbulent.

frumentation ‎(uncountable)

The distribution of corn to the people (especially when agitating for social or political change)

distribution of corn to the people