sustentation

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Soon Premier Mussolini ascended this mighty sustentation, planted himself on an imperial-seeming musnud.

From Time Magazine Archive

Interest as connected with the sustentation of a certain mode of social life.

From A Critical Examination of Socialism by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)

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.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

He founded a goodlie hospitall in the citie of Yorke, called S. Leonards, for the sustentation and finding of the poore as well brethren as sisters.

From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (2 of 12) William Rufus by Holinshed, Raphael

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

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various