ostension
Meanings
noun
- The act of presenting an ostensive definition.
- An act of showing or demonstrating.
- The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
- Real-life events that parallel well-known events from myth and folklore
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ostension, in turn from Latin ostensiō, ostensiōnem.
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