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

- fundamental beats, technically called roll, single stroke, and flam...Sustentation is accomplished upon wind instruments by blowing into the instrument;...
- Me, the Omniscient, who has true resolves, whose sport is creation, sustentation and dissolution of the entire universe, who is supremely comp****ionate...
- 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...
- retentive, retinue, se-tenant, sustenance, sustentacular, sustentaculum, sustentation, sustention, tenable, tenace, tenacious, tenacity, tenancy, tenant, tenet...
- Richard Sellors DD (1835–1916), general secretary of the Wesleyan Church Sustentation Society. He graduated in 1899, and began as a home missionary in the...
- parish ... were not a little aided and succoured towards the better sustentation of the living", perhaps referring to the pilgrimage receipts. The church...
- 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.....
- However, the revenue of the church gradually increased; in 1901, the sustentation fund was able to support only 75 ministers, but by 1903 it maintained...
- Quantities of the Commodities aforesaid as may be necessary for the Sustentation of any Forces in the Pay of Great Britain, or of those of His Majesty's...