Bible Dictionaries
Subsistence

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.

(2):

(n.) Real being; existence.

(3):

(n.) Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.

(4):

(n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Subsistence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/subsistence.html. 1828.