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ostension|ɒˈstɛnʃən|
Also 5 -cion, 6 -tion.
[a. F. ostension (13th c.), ad. L. ostens-, ostentiōn-em, n. of action from ostend-ĕre: see ostend.]
1.
†a. The action of showing; exhibition, display; manifestation. Obs.
1474Caxton Chesse iv. ii. 147 For the solace of hym and ostencion of loue. 1489Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1814) 222/1 The saidis personis..has bene ofttymes Callit for þe ostensioune and schewing of þare Richtis. 1542Sc. Acts Mary (1814) 411/2 All vþeris lordis..hes maid faith and sworne..be þe ostentioune of þeir rycht handis. a1625Boys Wks. (1630) 678–9 Ostension,..1. in respect of the solemn inauguration of their Apostleship, on the Feast of Pentecost..2. Ostention in regard of the execution of their office. 1650W. Sclater's Exp. Rom. iv Ep. Ded., Not to make use of for ostension and ostentation. 1733W. Crawford Infidelity (1836) 116 Divine punishments..are for the ostention of his justice. 1789T. Taylor Proclus II. 24 The former [Q.E.F.] announcing the production of something, but this [Q.E.D.] the ostension and invention of a thing required.
b. Logic. = ostensive definition (see next).
1950W. V. Quine in Jrnl. Philos. XLVII. 629 The ostensions which introduce a general term differ from those which introduce a singular term. 1960― Word & Object 115 Our explorer learns each of the names by ostension on the part of the natives. 1963J. Lyons Structural Semantics iv. 54, I accept that ostension plays a necessary part in the normal process of learning a language. 1968― Introd. Theoret. Linguistics ix. 409 The difficulty of explaining the meaning of any word without using others to limit and make more explicit the ‘scope’ of ‘ostension’.
2. Eccl. The action of holding forth the Eucharistic elements to the sight of the people.
1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. i. 31 Some Churches retaine the eleuation still, not for adoration like the Papists, but for ostension to the people. 1692Bp. Patrick Answ. Touchstone 34 At the ostension of the Bread of the Eucharist, and the Cup of Blessing. 1867C. Walker Ritual Reason Why 127 The rite was called the ‘elevation’ or lifting up, viewed under the first aspect; the ‘ostension,’ or showing, viewed under the second.
Hence † oˈstensional, a. Obs. [L. ostentiōnālis.]
1656Blount Glossogr., Ostensional, a Souldier attending the Prince in publique Shews. |