Sustaining - What does it mean?
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* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20
sustaining
English
Verb
(head)citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”}}