sustenation

English

Etymology

Variant of sustentation, likely by analogy to sustenance.

Noun

sustenation (uncountable)

1. (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

• “sustenation, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2012.