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Subsistence
Pronunciation : Sub*sist"ence
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. subsistance, L. subsistentia.]
Definition : 1. Real being; existence. Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing. Stillingfleet.
2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence. His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province. Addison.
4. (Theol.)
Defn: Same as Hypostasis, 2. Hooker.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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