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Sustentation

noun
1.
The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.  Synonyms: maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, upkeep.  "Fishing was their main sustainment"





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"Sustentation" Quotes from Famous Books



... Stormontfields, having fully explained the labors and duties of his charge, rowed me across the Tay, and I continued my walk highly gratified in having seen one of the new industries which this age is adding to the different cultures provided for the sustentation and comfort of human life. The whole way to Dunkeld was full of interest, nature and history making every mile a scene to delight the eye and exhilarate the mind. The first considerable village I passed through ...
— A Walk from London to John O'Groat's • Elihu Burritt
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