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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Subsistence \Sub*sist"ence\, n. [Cf. F. subsistance, L.
subsistentia.]
1. Real being; existence.
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Not only the things had subsistence, but the very
images were of some creatures existing.
--Stillingfleet.
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2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
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3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of
support; provisions, or that which produces provisions;
livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
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His viceroy could only propose to himself a
comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his
province. --Addison.
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4. (Theol.) Same as {Hypostasis}, 2. --Hooker.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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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