SUBSISTENCE
subsistence
Noun
- Real being; existence.
- Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
- That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
- A person, specifically the person of Christ or of another part of the Trinity; hypostasis.
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