Ostension

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ostension \Os*ten"sion\, n. [L. ostensio a showing: cf. F.
     ostension. See {Ostend}.] (Eccl.)
     The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it
     may receive the adoration of the communicants.
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