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subsistence
(mass) | subsistence
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subsistence
(encz) | subsistence,bytí Zdeněk Brož |
subsistence
(encz) | subsistence,jsoucnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
subsistence
(encz) | subsistence,obživa n: Zdeněk Brož |
subsistence
(encz) | subsistence,živobytí Zdeněk Brož |
Subsistence
(gcide) | Subsistence \Sub*sist"ence\, n. [Cf. F. subsistance, L.
subsistentia.]
1. Real being; existence.
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Not only the things had subsistence, but the very
images were of some creatures existing.
--Stillingfleet.
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2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
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3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of
support; provisions, or that which produces provisions;
livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
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His viceroy could only propose to himself a
comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his
province. --Addison.
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4. (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2. --Hooker.
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subsistence
(wn) | subsistence
n 1: minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social
security provided only a bare subsistence"
2: a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of
subsistence"
3: the state of existing in reality; having substance |
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subsistence farming
(encz) | subsistence farming, n: |
subsistence income
(encz) | subsistence income, |
subsistence production
(encz) | subsistence production,produkce potravin [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Commissary general of subsistence
(gcide) | Commissary \Com"mis*sa*ry\, n.; pl. Commissaries. [LL.
commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to
commit, intrust to. See Commit.]
1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by
a superior power; a commissioner.
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Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne.
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2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a
distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe.
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3. (Mil.)
(a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the
commissary of musters.
(b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a
body of troops or a military post; -- officially
called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.]
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Washington wrote to the President of Congress .
. . urging the appointment of a commissary
general, a quartermaster general, a commissary
of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W.
Irving
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Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special
department of army service; as:
(a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and
transport department, or of the ordnance store
department. [Eng.]
(b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.]
Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of
the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase
and issue of provisions for the army.
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commissary of subsistence
(gcide) | Commissary \Com"mis*sa*ry\, n.; pl. Commissaries. [LL.
commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to
commit, intrust to. See Commit.]
1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by
a superior power; a commissioner.
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Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. --Donne.
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2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a
distance from the residence of the bishop. --Ayliffe.
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3. (Mil.)
(a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the
commissary of musters.
(b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a
body of troops or a military post; -- officially
called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.]
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Washington wrote to the President of Congress .
. . urging the appointment of a commissary
general, a quartermaster general, a commissary
of musters, and a commissary of artillery. --W.
Irving
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Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special
department of army service; as:
(a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and
transport department, or of the ordnance store
department. [Eng.]
(b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.]
Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of
the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase
and issue of provisions for the army.
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Subsistence
(gcide) | Subsistence \Sub*sist"ence\, n. [Cf. F. subsistance, L.
subsistentia.]
1. Real being; existence.
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Not only the things had subsistence, but the very
images were of some creatures existing.
--Stillingfleet.
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2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
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3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of
support; provisions, or that which produces provisions;
livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
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His viceroy could only propose to himself a
comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his
province. --Addison.
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4. (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2. --Hooker.
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Subsistence Department
(gcide) | Subsistence Department \Sub*sist"ence De*part"ment\ (Mil.)
A staff department of the United States army charged, under
the supervision of the Chief of Staff, with the purchasing
and issuing to the army of such supplies as make up the
ration. It also supplies, for authorized sales, certain
articles of food and other minor stores. It is commanded by
any officer of the rank of brigadier general, called
commissary general, and the department is popularly called
the Commissary Department.
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subsistence farming
(wn) | subsistence farming
n 1: farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer
without surpluses for marketing |
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