"subsistance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: subsistances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} subsistance (countable and uncountable, plural subsistances)
  1. Archaic form of subsistence. Tags: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: subsistence
    Sense id: en-subsistance-en-noun-zvM8-fla Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [French]

IPA: /syb.zis.tɑ̃s/ Forms: subsistances [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} subsistance f (plural subsistances)
  1. sustenance, subsistence Tags: feminine Derived forms: agriculture de subsistance, économie de subsistance Related terms: subsister
    Sense id: en-subsistance-fr-noun-nlAlc2R8 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "They did not impart this Deliberation to the Senate, for fear of making it too publick, truſting the Secret with none but Marco Antonio Barbaro, who was detained Priſoner at Conſtantinople: They charged him to underfeel the Grand Vizier, and conclude a Peace upon reaſonable Conditions; and in the mean time they conſulted with the reſt of the Magiſtrates about the Subſiſtance of the Troops for the next Campaign.",
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