About The Word Subsistence
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Subsistence
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What's The Definition Of Subsistence?
[n] minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence"
[n] the state of existing in reality; having substance [n] a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence" Synonyms | Synonyms for Subsistence: Related Terms | Find terms related to Subsistence: See Also | being | beingness | bread and butter | endurance | existence | keep | livelihood | living | support | survival | sustenance Subsistence In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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