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Word: subsistence (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

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

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