Pres`en*ta"tion (?), n.
[L. praesentatio a showing, representation: cf. F.
présentation.]
1. The act of
presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.
Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.
Hooker. 2. Hence, exhibition; representation; display; appearance; semblance; show.
Under the presentation of the shoots his wit.
Shak. 3.
That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the
picture was a presentation.
[R.]
4. (Eccl.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or
ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of
presenting a clergyman.
If the bishop
admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so
admitted is next to be
instituted by him.
Blackstone. 5. (Med.) The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by
the part which first appears at the mouth
of the uterus; as, a
breech presentation.
Presentation copy,
a copy of
a book, engraving, etc., presented to
some one by
the author or artist, as
a token of regard.
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