demonstrance
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English demonstraunce, from Old French demonstrance.
Noun edit
demonstrance (countable and uncountable, plural demonstrances)
- (obsolete) demonstration; proof
- 1614, John Heighman, A devout exposition of the Holie Masse:
- humane reason can make no demonstrance of the preparation of the bread and wine
References edit
- “demonstrance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.