Prĕs/en-tā’tion, n.

n. [Fr. présentation, Pr. presentacio, Sp. presentacion, It. presentazione, Lat. præsentatio.] 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. These presentations of fighting on the stage are necessary to produce the effects of an heroic play. Dryden. 3. (Eccl. Law.) 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. 4. (Obstetrics.) A particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passages through which it is to be brought forth.