Definition of "subsistent" [sub•sist•ent]

• Actually existing. (adjective)
• Inherent. (adjective)

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• "It’s not good for China because their GDP/capita is still pretty low (worse than Venezuela’s!), which means there are a ton of people still living in subsistent poverty."
• "Therefore, there is a certain nature or substance or essence who through himself is good and great and through himself is what he is; through whom exists whatever truly is good or great or anything at all; and who is the supreme good, the supreme great thing, the supreme being or subsistent, that is, supreme among all existing things."
• "Finally, for the complete constitution of personality this compositum must exist in such a way as to be "subsistent" (see PERSON)."