Sub*sist"ence (?), n.
[Cf. F. subsistance, L.
subsistentia.]
1. Real
being; existence.
Not only the
things had subsistence, but the very images were of some
creatures existing.
Stillingfleet.
2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions;
livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province.
Addison. 4. (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2. Hooker.
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