Definition of Sustentation. Meaning of Sustentation. Synonyms of Sustentation

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Definition of Sustentation

Sustentation
Sustentation Sus`ten*ta"tion, n. [L. sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, fr. sustentare to support, maintain, v. intens. fr. sustinere to sustain: cf. F. sustentation. See Sustain.] 1. The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance. 2. (Physiol.) The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. Sustentation fund (Eccl.), a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free Church of Scotland.

Meaning of Sustentation from wikipedia

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- Me, the Omniscient, who has true resolves, whose sport is creation, sustentation and dissolution of the entire universe, who is supremely comp****ionate...
- the said cittye [London] ... shall give and distribute to and for the sustentation, mayntenaunce, and findinge foure persons from tyme to tyme to be chosen...
- retentive, retinue, se-tenant, sustenance, sustentacular, sustentaculum, sustentation, sustention, tenable, tenace, tenacious, tenacity, tenancy, tenant, tenet...
- dobro on the album. He thought that most of the songs described finding sustentation in music. "It's a Sad Day in New York City When There Ain't No Room for...
- المرأة Husband's rights concerning his Wife 37 باب النفقة على العيال Sustentation of the Members of the Family 38 باب الإنفاق مما يحب ومن الجيد Spending...
- large portion of the task of providing for the ****ure organization and sustentation of the Church of Ireland, which was disestablished from 1 January 1871...
- awakening and the wealth of the emerging middle class. The church created a Sustentation Fund, the brainchild of Thomas Chalmers, to which congregations contributed...
- supply the conveniences of life, and the securing abundant means of sustentation - these must be harmoniously attended to.) Origin text: Correct Interpretation...
- ane Ile of small profit, except that it conteins mony deir, and for sustentation thairof the same is permittit unlabourit, except twa townis. It is.....