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sustentation


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sustentation 
  n  :  the  act  of  sustaining  [syn:  {sustenance},  {sustainment},  {maintenance}, 
  {upkeep}] 




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