Subsists

Word SUBSISTS
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Definitions and meanings of "Subsists"

What do we mean by subsists?

To survive on a minimum of resources.

To have ontological reality; to exist.

To retain a certain state; to continue.

1. Surviving on the bare minimum of what you need to live. 2. An active RuneScape clan with well over a hundred members and 35+ level 100's. Urban Dictionary

1)To eat a relatviely narrow range of food choices at weird hours and with weird people. All the good foods are not eaten, and instead are replaced with crap foods. 2) To practice a dietary regimen that leaves one short and surly, with a ghetto booty parted in the middle by a range of thong underwear Urban Dictionary

1. condition of managing to stay alive: the condition of being or managing to stay alive, especially when there is barely enough food or money for survival 2. continuing to exist: the condition of continuing to exist 3. mathematics philosophy quality of abstract existence: the quality that something possesses of existing independently, timelessly, or by virtue of its essence Urban Dictionary

When someone farts just enough for only the farter to smell it, and no one else. Similar to subsistence farming, but related to passing gas and not raising crops. Urban Dictionary

Agriculture that provides food to the farmer and his/her family, with little or no product for trade. The practitioners are very susceptible to famine. Urban Dictionary

Any business with a lax business model, allowing only for the owner(s) to maintain a middle-class or lower lifestyle. Sometimes dishonest practices including but not limited to: tax evasion, insurance fraud, and forced child labor; are utilized to keep the business profitable. Urban Dictionary

Obviously the term for sleeping with someone you don't want a long term relationship with, but find necessary to keep yourself in hormonal harmony Urban Dictionary

To dump, or urine in your pants. Urban Dictionary

A subset of employment which describes poverty level low-income jobs. Workers in this type of employment find themselves living paycheck to paycheck with no means of financial growth. Most often associated with entry level work for fast-food, big-box retail, and agrarian employers. Usage: "I'm heading to cash my Subsistance Employment paycheck to buy this weeks top-ramen and bus tokens." Urban Dictionary

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The word "subsists" in example sentences

But by dint of allowing it to escape we end by noticing that, after all those vain endeavours which have led to nothing, something solid subsists, which is what we have been seeking. ❋ Unknown (2003)

And yet the conventual prejudice which banishes its name subsists still. ❋ An English Lady (N/A)

It is an estimate of the quantity of that food on which the labourer usually subsists, which is necessary for his daily support, compared with the quantity which his daily wages will purchase. ❋ Charles Babbage (1831)

His choice of a new weapon of attack is foreshadowed in the noble concluding words of the _Introduction_ to the _Historical Register_; words written on the very eve of the Ministerial Bill gagging that and all other political plays: "If nature hath given me any talents at ridiculing vice and imposture, I shall not be indolent, nor afraid of exerting them, while the liberty of the press and stage subsists, that is to say while we have any liberty left among us." ❋ G. M. Godden (N/A)

His choice of a new weapon of attack is foreshadowed in the noble concluding words of the Introduction to the Historical Register; words written on the very eve of the Ministerial Bill gagging that and all other political plays: “If nature hath given me any talents at ridiculing vice and imposture, I shall not be indolent, nor afraid of exerting them, while the liberty of the press and stage subsists, that is to say while we have any liberty left among us.” ❋ Godden, G M (1909)

In his dedication of the _Historical Register_ to "the Publick," he had spoken of his desire to beautify and enlarge his little theatre, and to procure a better company of actors; and he had added -- "If Nature hath given me any Talents at ridiculing Vice and Imposture, I shall not be indolent, nor afraid of exerting them, while the Liberty of the Press and Stage subsists, that is to say, while we have any Liberty left among us." ❋ Austin Dobson (1880)

Hence Vatican II's and the CDF's use of term 'subsists'. ❋ Mike L (2007)

In Catholic theology, a substance is ordinarily understood to be a unitary whole of a certain kind that perdures, and thus "subsists," through various activities and changes, which can include the sort of damage that consists in the loss of certain parts. ❋ Mike L (2007)

So, while said churches lack one of the "internal constitutive principles" of any true, particular church, that Church in which the Church of Christ "subsists" as a unitary whole—i.e., the Catholic Church—also lacks "full realization in history." ❋ Mike L (2007)

To say, therefore, that the one true Church of Christ "subsists" in the Catholic Church is to say that the Catholic Church is where the one true Church of Christ exists as a perduring whole, containing all the parts necessary thereto. ❋ Mike L (2007)

It makes no difference that Vatican II said the Church of Christ only "subsists" in the Catholic Church; as used by the Council Fathers, that verb is a technical, scholastic one meaning that the Church of Christ continues to exist as an integral whole in the Catholic Church, even though some parts belonging properly to that whole are, sadly, in schism with her. ❋ Mike L (2007)

It's this "subsists" that has caused a tremendous amount of questioning, and we're trying to address this. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In Lumen Gentium, Vatican II accordingly says that the true Church "subsists" in the Catholic Church. ❋ Mike L (2006)

I'm barely subsisting on these [supplies] we have here... Hey look, it's Clan [Subsistence]! They're going to destroy us in a [clan war]! ❋ Ygfbv (2011)

'I subsist!' 'Are you [fucking crazy]? A bagel with [salad dressing] is [NOT food].' ❋ El Gigante (2003)

[finding] [ways] of subsistence.. ❋ Waqas_luqman (2010)

Person A: *[frrt]* Person B: Did you just fart? Why [don't I] [smell it]? Person A: I guess only I can smell it. Person B: Thank you for subsistence farting! ❋ Tinkarink (2021)

The [Ethiopian] [practice] of subsistence farming, is almost [suicidal]. ❋ Cunty Fresh Fanatic (2010)

Most [mom and pop] stores are [subsistence] businesses. Notice how they [whine] about the local Walmart, yet hypocritically resell Walmart products in their stores. ❋ Cunty Fresh Fanatic (2010)

Howeigh found [Davey's] personality to be utterly [reprehensible] but [continued] to use him as a source of subsistence nookie. ❋ Quinmill (2008)

[Oh shoot]! Fred did you subsisticate [in your pants]? that is [rancid]! ❋ Aday Represtin' (2004)

Bill: "I ain't got no cell [signal]." Fred: "You should [upgrade] from [Prepaid]" Bill: "I can't afford it, I'm on the Subsistance-Employment." ❋ Faustian (2013)

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