Subsistence /(?)/

Sub·sist·ence

Subsistence

n.
  1. Real being; existence.
    Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing.
    — Stillingfleet.
  2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
  3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
    His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province.
  4. Same as Hypostasis, 2. (Theol.)