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> I came across this usage of the word "subsists" and am at a loss to
> understand what the author is getting at. I am hoping that someone
> here can perhaps clarify what appears to me an ambiguous usage.
>
> I will paraphrase and condense the actual paragraph, but I believe the
> essence of what was said will remain intact.
>
> Here goes---
>
> First, there is provided characteristics of those that comprise (what
> I will call) Group A, so that a clear understanding is developed for
> the members of Group A, Then the author(s) continue by indicating that
> Group A subsists in Group B.
>
> So my question is, are all members of Group A in Group B, or some
> members of Group A in Group B, and just how does Group B relate to
> Group A?
'Subsist' means 'continues to exist' so in the above it could mean that
all members (the group itself as a unit) continue to exist in group B or
just some of them, a reduced group, or that its influence continues etc.
Only the context can really say and even then, as you seem to show, it
isn't certain either.
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