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noun
The act or the result of sustaining; sustainment; sustention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The scheme by which the ministers of the Free Church of Scotland are supported by voluntary contributions not local or congregational, but with a national altruism or solidarity paid into a great central fund, out of which equal stipends are paid to all alike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sustenance, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: support
History
First attested in 1382: from the Old French sustentacion, from the Latin sustentātio, from sustentō; compare the Italian sostentazione, the Occitan sustentacion, the Portuguese sustentação, and the Spanish sustentación. Doublet of sustentatio.
