Ex`hi*bi"tion (?), n.
[L. exhibitio a delivering:
cf. F. exhibition.]
1. The act of
exhibiting for inspection,
or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.
2. That which is
exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of
works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.
3.
Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of
scholars.
What maintenance he from his friends receives,
Like exhibition thou shalt have from me.
Shak. I have given
more exhibitions to
scholars, in my days, than to the
priests.
Tyndale. 4.
(Med.) The act of administering a remedy.
Hear it pronounced