Meanings
nounsustenation (uncountable)
- uncommonuncountableThe process of sustaining something; sustentation; maintenance.
[…] subservient to the ends they were designed for, God's glory and the sustenation and comfort of ourselves and our fellow-creatures.
1710, George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Origin
Variant of sustentation, likely by analogy to sustenance.
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sustenation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sustenation
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“sustenation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sustenation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sustenation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sustenation.
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