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sustentation fund

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noun

  1. a fund, esp in the Church of Scotland, to augment the support of ministers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

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)

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