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ostension
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster]
