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Same as Monstrance.

Manifestation; token; portent. Dryden. We asked of God that some ostent might clear Our cloudy business, who gave us sign. Chapman.

To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. "Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm." Milton. He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. Atterbury.

Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden. The ostentatious professions of many years. Macaulay. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ness, n.

One fond of display; a boaster. Sherwood.

Ostentatious. [Obs.]

Ostentatious. [Obs.] Feltham.

To surpass in sweetness. [R.] Shak.

Too potent or powerful.

One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs.

The state or quality of being passionate.

the Mass. It is usually small, and formed as to fit the chalice, or cup, as a cover. [Written also patin, patine.]

A paten.

The state of being patent or evident.

pparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. Motley.

Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.

Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.

One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent. Bacon.

Openly; evidently.