maintenance

maintenance
(min-te-nan-s') s. f.
Action de maintenir.
   XIIIe s.
   Jà de vostre maintenance [puissance], Amors, ne me quier [je ne me veux] oster, Mss. de poés. franç. av. 1300, t. III, p. 996, dans LACURNE.
   XVIe s.
   Seigneur Dieu, oste moy de ce tourment auquel ces traistres chiens me detiennent pour la maintenance de ta loy, RAB. II, 14.
   Maintenir ; provenç. mantenensa.
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   MAINTENANCE. Ajoutez :
   Action de maintenir une propriété territoriale en bon état. La maintenance de ces terres n'est pas chère (Dauphiné).
   Nom donné aux associations littéraires formées entre félibres.
   L'allocution de M. Frédéric Mistral à la réunion annuelle des félibres de la maintenance du Languedoc, la République du Midi, 1er avril 1877, 2e page, 2e col..

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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