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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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RECREANT
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