ostension

/AA0 S T EH1 N SH AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    (human communication) An act of showing or demonstrating.

  2. 2

    (Christianity) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.

  3. 3

    (philosophy) The act of presenting an ostensive definition.

  4. 4

    (Folkloristics) Real-life events that parallel well-known events from myth and folklore

Translate “ostension” into another language

Choose a language below to open the translator with English selected as the source language.

🇪🇸Spanish🇫🇷French🇩🇪German🇸🇦Arabic🇨🇳Chinese Simplified🇯🇵Japanese🇮🇳Hindi🇧🇷Portuguese🇷🇺Russian🇰🇷Korean🇮🇹Italian🇹🇷Turkish
See all 248+ languages
Back to Dictionary