Thesaurus: subsistence

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1. n. Real being; existence.
2. n. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
3. n. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
4. n. Same as Hypostasis, 2.
5. n. minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
6. n. a means of surviving
7. n. the state of existing in reality; having substance
8. 1. Real being; existence. Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing. Stillingfleet. 2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies. 3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence. His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province. Addison. 4. (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2. Hooker.
9. Same as Hypostasis, 2. Hooker.
10. n:100 n. minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting n. a means of surviving n. the state of existing in reality; having substance