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noun
The act of presenting an ostensive definition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
An act of showing or demonstrating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: human communication
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noun
The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Real-life events that parallel well-known events from myth and folklore
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Middle French ostension, in turn from Latin ostensiō, ostensiōnem.
