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sustentation

[suhs-tuhn-tey-shuhn] / ˌsʌs tənˈteɪ ʃən /








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And any who were absent without lawful cause shall forfeit one pound of wax to the sustentation of the said great candle.

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The revenues confiscated were those used for “the finding, maintaining or sustentation of any priest or of any anniversary, or obit, lamp, light or other such things.”

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Perhaps a little sustentation of life to the country will be obtained by a wretched peace.

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And so all things appertaining to the sustentation of man, in triple and more exceeded their accustomed prices.

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The problem is,—To find an Ultimate Ground, a Final Cause, which shall be adequate to account for the existence and sustentation of this Universe.

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