Category:Sustentation

Sus`ten*ta"tion, n. Etym: [l. sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, Fr. sustentare to support, maintain, v. intens. fr. sustinere to Sustain: cf. F. sustentation. See sustain.]

1. The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; Preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.

2. (physiol.)

Defn: the aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is Maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. Sustentation Fund (eccl.), a fund of a religious body for support of its Ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the free Church of scotland.