sustentation

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Soon Premier Mussolini ascended this mighty sustentation, planted himself on an imperial-seeming musnud.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The air-ship, unlike the aeroplane, is not dependent upon its engines for its power to remain in flight, but derives its sustentation from the hydrogen gas with which it is filled.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

And any who were absent without lawful cause shall forfeit one pound of wax to the sustentation of the said great candle.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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