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Catholic Dictionary

Term

FRUSTULUM

Definition

The small portion of food, a few ounces, formerly permitted at breakfast on fast days. This was provided by canon law (Canon 1251), which permitted taking some food, morning and evening, in addition to the one full meal per day.

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Graduale Simplex (simplified Gregorian chant for Mass)