sustentation
Example Sentences
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Soon Premier Mussolini ascended this mighty sustentation, planted himself on an imperial-seeming musnud.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
There are two funds: one subscribed expressly for the building of churches, the other limited to the "sustentation" of incumbents.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various
He had prepared a sustentation fund scheme for the support of the seceding ministers, and this was at once put into successful operation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Thorold Rogers justly remarks that the strength of communism lies in the misconduct of administrations, the sustentation of odious and unjust privileges and the support of what are called vested interests.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William
