countenance
noun
appearance, especially the look or expression of the face.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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This is the church, and her members are the men, whom you are countenancing amongst you.
From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by William Hogan