subsistence

Real being; existence.

the human nature loseth its proper subsistence , and is assumed into the subsistence of the divine nature

The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.

Inherency.

the subsistence of qualities in bodies

Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.

In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province.

Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.