sustentation fund

noun

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

Example Sentences

The success of the Sustentation Fund is something marvellous, and must delight the heart of that noble son of Scotland, Dr. McCosh.

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As early as 1841 indeed the leading principle of a “sustentation fund” for the support of the ministry had been announced by Dr Robert Smith Candlish; and at “Convocation,” a private unofficial meeting of the members of the evangelical or non-intrusion party held in November 1842, Dr Chalmers was prepared with a carefully matured scheme according to which “each congregation should do its part in sustaining the whole, and the whole should sustain each congregation.”

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The revenue of the church increased; the grant from the sustentation fund was in 1901 only �75, but from 1903 onwards it was �167.

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His Royal Highness then moved, “That it is desirable, both for the accommodation of the patients and the improvement of the sanitary condition of the Hospital, that the proposed alterations and additions be carried out, and that for this purpose an application be made to the county and city to raise the sum of £35,000 for a building and sustentation fund.”

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He had prepared a sustentation fund scheme for the support of the seceding ministers, and this was at once put into successful operation.

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