Vocabulary Word
Word: viand
Definition: food; CF. live
Definition: food; CF. live
Sentences Containing 'viand'
It is neither the quality nor the quantity, but the devotion to sensual savors; when that which is eaten is not a viand to sustain our animal, or inspire our spiritual life, but food for the worms that possess us.
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