sustentation
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Soon Premier Mussolini ascended this mighty sustentation, planted himself on an imperial-seeming musnud.
From Time Magazine Archive
He founded a goodlie hospitall in the citie of Yorke, called S. Leonards, for the sustentation and finding of the poore as well brethren as sisters.
From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (2 of 12) William Rufus by Holinshed, Raphael
The struggles of Garrison and Wendell Phillips for the rescue and sustentation of fugitive slaves are well-known instances of underground conspiracy.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob
Aeroplane, a flying-machine deriving its power of sustentation from the reaction of the air driven downwards by the rapid transit of fixed wings or 'planes' through the air.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
And Brahman has been defined as that from which there proceed the origination, sustentation, and retractation of this world.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George
