Subsistence
Origin
From Late Latin subsistentia ("substance, reality, in Medieval Latin also stability"), from Latin subsistens, present participle of subsistere ("to continue, subsist"); see subsist.
Full definition of subsistence
Noun
subsistence
(plural subsistences)- Real being; existence.
- Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
- Means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; That which furnishes support to animal life; as, a meager subsistence.
- 1788, s:Author:Alexander Hamilton, s:The Federalist Papers, In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
- (theology) A person, specifically the person of Christ or of another part of the Trinity; hypostasis.
Synonyms
- sustenance
- (theology) hypostasis