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sustentation

noun as in upkeep

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

For this civilisation makes no provision excepting temporary sustentation in hospitals, workhouses or prisons.

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

There are two funds: one subscribed expressly for the building of churches, the other limited to the "sustentation" of incumbents.

The prolonged, delicate, exquisite sustentation of the pictorial tone seems to me a marvel of ingenuity and fancy.

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On this page you'll find 194 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sustentation, such as: care, conservancy, control, maintenance, management, and protection.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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