mantenencia

maintenance.; maintenance, support, sustenance.; food, provisions.

“«Pero sucedió que el Zapatero, que había admitido a Minucha en su casa en la ocasión de su orfandad a condición de que, llegado el momento, la pasaría el primero por la piedra como única manera de resarcirse de los gastos de educación y mantenencia, empezó a ponerse pesado y a recordar el trato a la Zapatera; y como esta no se decidía, sino que, al revés, lo estorbaba, y como las tetas de Minucha crecían y endurecían de manera alarmante, el Zapatero quiso cobrarse una de aquellas tardes (…)».” — “But it so happened that the Shoemaker, who had taken Minucha into his home upon her orphanhood on the condition that, when the time came, he would be the first to have her as the only way to compensate for the costs of her upbringing and maintenance, began to grow insistent and reminded the Shoemaker’s Wife of their agreement. But since she would not consent and instead obstructed him, and since Minucha’s breasts were growing and firming in an alarming manner, the Shoemaker sought to claim his due one of those afternoons (…).”

Attested since 1236. Of mantener + -ncia.