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Quotation dates: 1496, 1568-1606
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Sustenation, -cion, n. [e.m.E. sustenation (a1635); Susten(e v.] = Sustentatio(u)n n. 1, 2 and 3. — 1568 Grey Friars II 65.
For sustenation and uphaldin of the lampis, lychtis and walx of the said place — 1496 Acts Lords of Council II 8.
vj merkis … aucht be thame to the sustenacioun and funding of ane chapellane that sang … in the kirk of Erth 1606 Chart. Coupar A. II 220.
Becaus his maiestie will be relevit and dischargit of the sustenacioun of the ministeris of the foirsaidis kirkis — 1597 James VI Dæmonol. (STS) 68/2.
To flie to the wildernes: where for fault of sustenation he was fed with the corbies
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