Diffarreation

In Ancient Rome, diffarreation (from Lat dif- + farreum, a spelt-cake^[1]) was a form of divorce in which a cake was used. Diffarreation was properly the dissolving of marriages contracted by confarreation, which were those of the pontifices. Festus says it was performed with a wheaten cake; and that it was called diffarreation from far, "wheat". Vigenere claims that confarreation and diffarreation are the same thing.^[2]

References

1. ^ "diffarreation". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.
2. ^  This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.