sustentation
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Soon Premier Mussolini ascended this mighty sustentation, planted himself on an imperial-seeming musnud.
From Time Magazine Archive
Interest as connected with the sustentation of a certain mode of social life.
From A Critical Examination of Socialism by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)
Perhaps a little sustentation of life to the country will be obtained by a wretched peace.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
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
The prolonged, delicate, exquisite sustentation of the pictorial tone seems to me a marvel of ingenuity and fancy.
From Views and Reviews by James, Henry
