Meaning of SUBSISTENCE
| Pronunciation: | | sub'sistuns
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- [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"
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| | See Also: | | being, beingness, bread and butter, endurance, existence, keep, livelihood, living, support, survival, sustenance | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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