— confarreate /keuhn far"ee it, -ayt'/ , confarreated , adj.
/kon far'ee ay"sheuhn/ , n.
(among the ancient Romans) a form of marriage ceremony, limited to patricians and obligatory for holders of certain ritual offices, marked by the offering of a cake.
[ 1590-1600; confarreation- (s. of confarreatio ) equiv. to confarrea ( re ) to contract such a marriage ( con- CON- + -farreare, v. deriv. of farreum cake made of emmer, deriv. of far emmer; see BARLEY 1 ) + -tion- -TION ]