mantenza

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) sustenance, support
 * 2) * 1340, Clara Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 481:
 * Outrosi amoestamos en Deus todolos fiees cristaos a que esta carta for mostrada que façan ben et aiuda et esmola ao dito lugar para a obra et para a manteença das ditas donas
 * Also we admonish in God to all the Christian believers whom this charters is shown to, for them to do good and help and alms to said place, for the building and for the sustenance of said nuns