sustentation fund
Britishnoun
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An appeal had been issued to the Presbyterian churches of the world for aid to establish a sustentation fund for the use of the new church.
From Frederick Douglass A Biography by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)
He had prepared a sustentation fund scheme for the support of the seceding ministers, and this was at once put into successful operation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
There was no proper sustentation fund; and the result was that nearly all the ministers had to add to their incomes in other ways.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund
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