Consequentially, in accepting the last meal the condemned was believed to forgive the executioner, the judge, and witness (es), the ritual was supposed to prevent the condemned from returning as a ghost or revenant to haunt those responsible for their killing.
The ritual was accepting the last meal. This was consequentially. The condemned was believed to forgive the executioner. The condemned was believed to forgive the judge. The condemned was believed to forgive witness (es) the last meal. The ritual was supposed to prevent the condemned from returning as a ghost or revenant to haunt those responsible for their killing. This was consequentially.