subsistence

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

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