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Definition of Subsistence
1. Noun. Minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting. "Social security provided only a bare subsistence"
2. Noun. A means of surviving. "Farming is a hard means of subsistence"
3. Noun. The state of existing in reality; having substance.
Definition of Subsistence
1. n. Real being; existence.
Definition of Subsistence
1. Noun. Real being; existence. ¹
2. Noun. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies. ¹
3. Noun. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence. ¹
4. Noun. (theology) A person, specifically the person of Christ or of another part of the Trinity; hypostasis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subsistence
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