frumentationRom.Antiq.|fruːmənˈteɪʃən| [ad. L. frūmentātiōn-em, f.frūmentārī to furnish with corn, f.frūmentum corn.] (See quot. 1861.) 1623in Cockeram.1721–92in Bailey.1861J. G. Sheppard Fall Rome i. 28 The third class..lived upon the ‘frumentations’, or public largesses of corn.