† manutenencyn.

Forms: 1600s manutenencie, 1600s manutenency, 1600s manutetency (transmission error), 1700s manutency (perhaps transmission error).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin manutenentia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin manutenentia maintenance, protection (from 12th cent. in British sources) < manutenent- , manutenens , present participle of manutenere (see maintain v.) + -ia -ia suffix¹; compare -ency suffix. Compare Middle French manutenence (late 15th or early 16th cent.), and maintenance n.

Obsolete.

The action of holding something in the hand; support (literal and figurative), esp. divine support.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [noun]

maintenancec1390

sustentation1425

keepingc1430

conservationc1447

sustenation1496

maintainment?c1500

intertenure1537

containing1567

sustainment1568

maintain1599

manutention1603

manutenency?1630

continuance1691

conservancy1884

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > in the hand

manutenency?1630

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun]

holtc1375

fastnessa1382

maintenance1384

supportc1391

suppowell1399

supportationc1405

subministrationa1425

conforturec1475

stay1532

back-stand1548

supportance1576

backing1598

voice1600

supportment1607

supporture1609

seconding1613

manutenency?1630

?1630 T. Adams Wks. 1153 God is that Fountaine which supplies euery creature, and there is nothing which his manutenencie vpholds not.

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 17) 1484 Nothing can keepe a man from wandring, but the manutenency of God.

1659 J. Arrowsmith Armilla Catechetica 453 As when a man holds a staff in his hand, let him but take away his manutenencie, the staff falls immediately to the ground.

1667 R. Baxter Reasons Christian Relig. i. viii. 62 His Creation, Causation and Manutetency also prove, that he both knoweth and regardeth all things.

1699 J. Barry Reviving Cordial Ded. sig. A2 [I] who am to this very Day kept alive, and upheld by that Divine Manutenency.

1701 R. Sanders Disc. Angels xii. §1. 238 They would cease to be instantly, if God should but suspend his Manutency or Sustentation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	manutenency
释义	† manutenencyn. Forms: 1600s manutenencie, 1600s manutenency, 1600s manutetency (transmission error), 1700s manutency (perhaps transmission error). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin manutenentia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin manutenentia maintenance, protection (from 12th cent. in British sources) < manutenent- , manutenens , present participle of manutenere (see maintain v.) + -ia -ia suffix¹; compare -ency suffix. Compare Middle French manutenence (late 15th or early 16th cent.), and maintenance n. Obsolete. The action of holding something in the hand; support (literal and figurative), esp. divine support. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [noun] maintenancec1390 sustentation1425 keepingc1430 conservationc1447 sustenation1496 maintainment?c1500 intertenure1537 containing1567 sustainment1568 maintain1599 manutention1603 manutenency?1630 continuance1691 conservancy1884 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > in the hand manutenency?1630 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] holtc1375 fastnessa1382 maintenance1384 supportc1391 suppowell1399 supportationc1405 subministrationa1425 conforturec1475 stay1532 back-stand1548 supportance1576 backing1598 voice1600 supportment1607 supporture1609 seconding1613 manutenency?1630 ?1630 T. Adams Wks. 1153 God is that Fountaine which supplies euery creature, and there is nothing which his manutenencie vpholds not. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 17) 1484 Nothing can keepe a man from wandring, but the manutenency of God. 1659 J. Arrowsmith Armilla Catechetica 453 As when a man holds a staff in his hand, let him but take away his manutenencie, the staff falls immediately to the ground. 1667 R. Baxter Reasons Christian Relig. i. viii. 62 His Creation, Causation and Manutetency also prove, that he both knoweth and regardeth all things. 1699 J. Barry Reviving Cordial Ded. sig. A2 [I] who am to this very Day kept alive, and upheld by that Divine Manutenency. 1701 R. Sanders Disc. Angels xii. §1. 238 They would cease to be instantly, if God should but suspend his Manutency or Sustentation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?1630
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