SUBSISTENCE

subsistence

(noun) minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; “social security provided only a bare subsistence”

subsistence

(noun) the state of existing in reality; having substance

subsistence

(noun) a means of surviving; “farming is a hard means of subsistence”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

subsistence (countable and uncountable, plural subsistences)

Real being; existence.

The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.

Inherency.

Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.

(theology) Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.

Synonyms

• (real being): See also existence

• (something required to stay alive): sustenance

• (theology): hypostasis

Source: Wiktionary


Sub*sist"ence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. subsistance, L. subsistentia.]

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.)

Definition: Same as Hypostasis, 2. Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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