sustenation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of sustentation, likely by analogy to sustenance.
Noun
[edit]sustenation (uncountable)
- (uncommon) The process of sustaining something; sustentation; maintenance.
- 1710, George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge:
- […] subservient to the ends they were designed for, God's glory and the sustenation and comfort of ourselves and our fellow-creatures.
References
[edit]- “sustenation, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2012.