manutention
Maintenance, upkeep of a person, place or thing.
countable, historical, uncountable
Christian religion hath all the markes of extreme justice and profit, but none more apparent than the exact commendation of obedience due unto magistrates, and manutention [tr. manutention] of policies […].
Where it comes from
From French manutention, from Latin manutentio (“maintenance”), from present participle of manutenere (“to maintain”).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry manutention (CC BY-SA 4.0).