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subsistence |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subsistence \Sub*sist"ence\, n. [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.) Same as {Hypostasis}, 2. --Hooker. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: subsistence n 1: minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence" 2: a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence" 3: the state of existing in reality; having substance
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