(ˌ)diˌfarēˈāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin diffarreation-, diffarreatio, from dif- (from dis- ) + -farreation-, -farreatio (as in confarreation-, confarreatio confarreation) — more at confarreation
: the Roman ceremony of divorce performed by a pontiff who dissolves a marriage that had been celebrated by confarreation