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celebrated on November Slut. Also India. (b) Of Christ 
in the Temple, a festival celebrated on February 2d, In 
the Greek, Kouian Catholic, Anglican, and some other 
churcr 
same as 
Virgin Mary, a Kuiiiiin Catholic religious order u( irims, 
fonndrd ill Iirlnnd In 1777. Kdigious instruction to poor 
girls U a spuciiilty of the order. 
presentation -'t, [Irreg. < L. prtesentire, per- 
ceive beforehand (see presentient), + -ation. 
The proper term is presengion.] A direct per- 
ception of something in the future; presension. 
The phancy may he no deer and strong aa to praentiate 
upon one theatre all that ever It took notice of in time 
past. tf. drew, Coamologla Sacra, III. 4. 
fee*, commonly called the Feast of the PmiJIeation. nrnBfiT ,H OT ,4. f n ,s apn'Rhinntt a f( I ,,,,,,, 
MCandlemas. -Order of the Presentation of the P. re "j> " tiiJEfTJ" 
tien(t-)g, ppr, of prxsentire, feel or perceive be- 
forehand, < pree, before, + sentire, feel: see 
sentient.'] Perceiving beforehand; having a 
prophetic sense or impression, 
presentiflct (prez-en-tif'ik), a. [< L. prie- 
sen(t-)s, preseut, + -feus, making (see -fie).] 
Making present. 
Adam had a sense of the divine presence ; . . . notwith 
In sundry animals we deny not a kind of natural me- 
teorology, or lunate presentation both of wind and weather. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. 
presentationism (prez-en-ta'shon-izm), n. [< 
presentation 1 + -ism.] The doctrine that per- 
ception is an immediate cognition. 
presentationist (prez-en-ta'shon-ist), n. [< 
presentation* + -ist.] An adherent of the doc- 
trine of presentationistn. 
presentatiye (pre-zen'ta-tiv), a. [< ML. as if 
'prtesentatiniM, < L. preesentatus, pp. of jireesen- 
tare, place before, exhibit: see present^.] 1. 
In eccles. law: (a) Having the right of presen- 
tation: as, advowsons ^representative, collative, 
or donative. 
An advowson presentative Is where the patron hath a 
right of presentation to the bishop or ordinary. 
Blactetone, Com., II. iii. 
(6) Admitting the presentation of a clerk: as, 
a presentutive parsonage. 2. In inetaph.: (a) 
Consisting of or pertaining to immediate, prox- 
imate, or intuitive apprehension or cognition : 
opposed to representative. 
A thing known in itself is the (sole) prenentative or intui- 
tive object of knowledge, or the (sole) object of a presenta- 
five or Intuitive knowledge. Sir W. llamillon. 
(b) Cognitive ; pertaining to knowledge. 
presentee (pre-zen-te'), [< present? + -eel.] 
One who is presented to a benefice. 
It is often very hard on the bishops to be obliged to in- 
stitute the presenteesat such men, . . . but the remedy is 
in their own hands, and the responsibility of its non-em- 
ployment lies with themselves. 
The Churchman, LIV. 402. 
presenter (pre-zen'ter), . [< present-, t\, + 
-er 1 .] 1. One who presents or offers for accep- 
tance ; a giver. 
.Such due fear 
As fits presenter* of great works to C'icsar. 
B. Jonxan, Poetaster, v. 1. 
The thing was acceptable, but not the presenter. 
Sir fi. L Estrange. 
2f. An exhibitor; an actor. 
Seat ye ; 
Are the presenters ready ? 
Ford, Perkin Warbeck, 111. 2. 
presential (pre-zcn'shal), a. [< OF. presencial 
= It. pretentiale, < ML. prsescntialis, < L. prx- 
sentia, presence (see presence), + -nl.] Having 
or implying actual presence ; present. 
God, who was never visible to mortal eye, was pleased 
t" make himself pretentiai by substitution of his name. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5), I. 164. 
To this grand vision, which the chosen three 
Were call'd before they tasted death to see, 
Was added proof to the astoniah'd ear, 
'lli.it made presential Deity appear. 
Bitroiii, On br. Miudleton's Exam, of Lord fip. of London's 
(Disc. 
What associating league to the imagination can there 
be between the seers and the seers not of a presential 
miracle? Lamb, Barrenness of the Imaginative Faculty. 
presentiality (pre-zen-shi-al'i-ti), w. [< OF. 
prencncialitr = It. prcsenzialifa, < ML. preenen- 
tinlita(t-)s, < prspsentialis, presential: see pre- 
sential.] The state or quality of being presen- 
tial; presentness; presence. 
A good Is not barely to be measured by its Immediate 
pretentiality. South, Sermons, VIII. vl. 
As if they knew not that terms of priority, and presenti- 
ality, and posteriority have not that slgnlflcancy lu or 
about eternity as they have with us. 
Baxter, Divine Life, L 5. 
presentially (pre-zen'shal-i), adv. In a presen- 
tial manner; by actual presence; in person; 
with the notion of presence. 
It had been revealed to Simeon (whose words these are) 
that he should tee Christ before he died ; and actually and 
really, substantially, essentially, bodily, presentially, per- 
sonally he does see him. Donne, .Sermons, IT. 
Bat he reigns In this place rather presentially by his 
rmc ; where his sceptre Is a sceptre of rlghtcousneu, and 
his throne man's heart. Jin. T. Adams, Works, II. 72. 
presentialnes8(pre-7.cii'slinl-nes), n. The state 
of being immi'iliately present to consciousness. 
If the presentialnea at the object he neceHarr to the act 
of vision, the object perceived cannot possibly lie external 
to us. A. Cottier, Clavls I nlversalis, I. L I 2. 
presentiatet (pre-zen'shi-at), v. t. [< L. prir- 
sentia, presence (see pretence), + -ate'*.] To 
make present or actual. 
standing that he found no want of any covering to hide 
himself from that presentijkck sense of him. 
Dr. H. More, Def. of Philosophic Cabbala, IL 
presentificalt (prez-en-tif 'i-kal), a. [< presen- 
tific + -al.] Same & presentlfic. 
presentificlyt (prez-en-tif'ik-li), adv. In a 
presentific manner; in such a manner as to 
make present. 
The whole evolution of times and ages . . . is collected- 
ly and presentifickly represented to God at once, as If all 
things and actions were at this very Instant really pres- 
ent and existent before him. />/. //. Sore. 
presentiment (pre-sen'ti-ment), w. [< F.pres- 
sentiment = Sp. presentimiento = It. presenti- 
mento, < L. prsesentire, feel or perceive before- 
hand: see presentient.'] 1. A direct, though 
vague, perception of a future event, or a feel- 
ing which seems to be such a perception. 
A presentiment of what is to be hereafter. 
Butler, Analogy of Religion, I. 6. 
Magic, and all that is ascribed to It, is a deep presenti- 
ment of the powers of science. Emerson, History. 
Specifically 2. An antecedent feeling or im- 
pression that some misfortune or calamity is 
about to happen; anticipation of impending 
evil; foreboding. 
A vague presentiment of impending doom . . . 
Haunted him day and night. 
LongftUato, Wayside Inn, Torquemada. 
presentimental (pre-sen-ti-men'tal), a. [<pre- 
m-iitinient + -nl.] Kelatiug to or in the nature 
of a presentiment : as, &j>resentimental anxiety. 
presentment (pre-sen'shon), H. A bad spelling 
of presension. 
presentive (pre-zen'tiv). . and . [(present* 
+ -ire.] I. . 1. Causing to be presented di- 
rectly to the mind, as a notion ; presentative : 
contradistinguished from representative and 
symbolical. 2. In aram., noting a class of 
words which present a definite conception of 
an object to the mind ; not symbolic. J. Earle, 
Philology of the Eng. Tongue. 
II. M. A presentive word. 
presentiveness (pre-zen'tiv-nes), . [< pre- 
sentire + -ness.] The state or property of being 
presentive ; the capability of a word to present 
a definite notion or conception of an object to 
the mind. 
The word shall offers a good example of the movement 
from presentifeness to symbolism. When it flourished as 
a presentive word, It signified to owe. 
J. Earle, Philology of the Eng. Tongue. 
presently (prez'ent-H), <f. If. In presence; 
personally ; actually. 
The glory of his Godhead is to be present and to till all 
places at once essentially, presently, with his almighty 
power. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., I860), 
lp. 2S2. 
I have a business 
Which much concerns you, presently concerns you. 
ISfnu. and n.. Knight of Malta, II. 1. 
2f. At present ; now ; at the time spoken of. 
A chllde will chose a sweeting because it is presentlie 
faire and pleasant. Aseham, The Scholemastcr, p. 86. 
The Irishmen and Scots fauoured not the race of the 
kings that presentlie reigned. 
HMnshed, K. John, an. 1212. 
When God had created man. he was presently the owner 
of him. r.:i.ri.r. Treatise of Self-Denial, I. 1. 
3. Immediately; by and by; in a little time; 
soon. 
I will serve process, presently and strongly, 
1'pon your brother, and Octavlo, 
Jacintha, and the boy. 
Fletcher , Kpanlsh Curate, ill. 1. 
Him therefore I hope to send presently, so toon as I shall 
see how It will go with me. Phil. II. 2S. 
I'resently after my arrival I was brought with the rest 
of my company to the Deputy Governor of the towne. 
Corj/ot, Crudities, I. 2. 
I'm master of this house, which 111 sell presently; 
I II tlap up bills this evening. 
MiilMetnn, Chaste Maid, III 3. 
presentment (pre-zent'ment), n. [< OF. pre- 
*entement, presentment, act of presenting, pre- 
sentment, < presenter, present: see prenenf*.] 
1. The act of presenting, or the state of being 
presented; presentation. 
preservation 
To t>e his book-patron, with the appendant form of a cere- 
monious presentment, wil ever appeare among the judi- 
cious to be but an insulse and frigid affectation. 
Milton, Apology for Kinectyninuus. 
She was an honored guest at the i/mentment of a bur- 
lesque masque. Bancroft, Hist. U. 8., I. 116. 
2. Anything presented or exhibited; appear- 
ance; likeness; representation. 
The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. 
Shot., Hamlet, III. 4. 6fi. 
Thus I hurl 
My dazzling spells into the spungy air. 
Of power to cheat the eye with blear Illusion, 
And give it false presentments. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 166. 
Oxford dropped the canon law decree altogether ; Cam- 
bridge, by adopting a more general form, retained a thtd- 
owy presentment of the double honour. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 329. 
3. In law : (a) A statement by a grand jury of 
an offense from their own kno'wledge or obser- 
vation, without any bill of indictment laid be- 
fore them : as, the presentment of a nuisance, a 
libel, or the like, on which the prosecuting offi- 
cer must afterward frame an indictment, before 
the party presented can be put to answer it. In 
a more general sense, presentment comprehends 
inquisitions of office and indictments. 
As before, so after the Union, tithe proctors with their 
remorseless exactions, and grand juries with road-jobbing 
presentments, came to shear the already shorn, and reduce 
their victims from misery to despair. 
B. Doirdrn, Shelley, I. 237. 
In each of these baronies sessions called presentment 
sessions are held, where all presentments are introduced, 
to be submitted afterwards at the assizes to the grand jury. 
Furtniijhttti llev., N. 8., XL. 106. 
(6) The formal information to the lord, by the 
tenants of a manor, of anything done out of 
court, (c) The presenting of a bill of exchange 
to the drawee for acceptance, or of a bill to the 
acceptor, or of a note to the maker, for payment. 
4. Eccles., a formal complaint made by the 
authorities of a parish to the bishop or arch- 
deacon at his visitation. 
The Church-wardens should meet twlceayecre, tohaue 
all the presentments made perfect against the Asslses. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, II. 157. 
Presentment of Englishry. See KngKshry. 
presentness (prez'ent-nes), it. [< present^ + 
-nens.~] Same as presence. t 
Goring had a much better understanding, ... a much 
keener courage, and prexentness of mind In danger. 
Clarendon, Great Rebellion, \ iii. 
presentoir (prez-eu-twor'), . [< F. presenter, 
a form of cup, < prexenter, present: see pre- 
sent 2 .] 1. A utensil upon which things are 
Presentoir of Japanese Lacquer-ware, with Bowl. 
laid to be handed to the recipient; a tray or 
waiter ; a salver. The name Is also given to a Japa- 
nese stand, usually of lacquered wood, upon which a bowl 
is supported. 
2. A cup-holder having three or more branches 
to support and inclose the cup, and often a ring- 
handle to carry the whole. 
present-perfect (prez'ent-per'fekt), it. In 
gram., the perfect tense. Acnilemy, Nov. 23, 
i.-s7, |,.:u:;. |Kiir<-.] 
preservability (pre-zer-va-bil'i-ti). n. [< nre- 
xerratilt + -Mr (Me -MMy).J The property of be- 
ing preservable ; capability of being preserved. 
Securing safety. palhtbillty, convenience, and prtten- 
alrility of druga that hail previously been administered In 
the form of huge boluses. Lancet, .No. 3426, p. 35of adv'U. 
preservable (pre-zer'va-bl), a. [< preserve + 
-niiii . | (':i].!ilil' of being preserved, 
preservation (prez-er-v5*shon), n. [< OF. pre- 
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