dēlībātĭo, ōnis, f. [delibo],
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.