monstration

noun

Meaning

The act of demonstrating; proof.
A kind of flash mob popular in Russia, where young people take to the streets with homemade banners and placards sporting absurd, non-political slogans.
The act of demonstrating; proof.

Examples

The Communio, the true point of lustre in the mass, in connection with which the change of substance takes place, and now, after completed consecration, adoration, and monstration of the host, the body of the Lord is partaken of by the priest.
Representation, or the art of making absent Persons and things present, as often as is requisite—this is imitation, monstration, or demonstration of persons and things

Word Forms

monstrations

Etymology

From Latin monstratio.

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