sustentation

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

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.”

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

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

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.