Pres·en·ta·tion n.
 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; appearance; semblance; show.
    Under the presentation of the shoots his wit.   --Shak.
 3. That which is presented or given; a present; a gift, as, the picture was a presentation. [R.]
 4. Eccl. 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.
 5. Med. The particular position of the child during labor relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of the uterus; as, a breech presentation.
 Presentation copy, a copy of a book, engraving, etc., presented to some one by the author or artist, as a token of regard.

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