subsistential

adjective

sub·​sis·​ten·​tial

(¦)səbˌsi¦stenchəl

: of or relating to subsistence and especially to the hypostases in the Trinity or to one of them

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin subsistentia existence, substance, reality + English -al

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