dēlībātĭo — Lewis & Short
dēlībātĭo, ōnis, f.id.,
I a taking away from, diminishing (post-class.):
hereditatis,Dig. 30, 113; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 22.—
II The first fruit, sample, representative portion:
quod si delibatio sancta est, et massa,Vulg. Rom. 11, 16.