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Presentative
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What's The Definition Of Presentative?Synonyms | Synonyms for Presentative: Related Terms | Find terms related to Presentative: See Also | Presentative In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*sent"a*tive\, a.
1. (Eccl.) Having the right of presentation, or offering a
clergyman to the bishop for institution; as, advowsons are
presentative, collative, or donative. --Blackstone.
2. Admitting the presentation of a clergyman; as, a
presentative parsonage. --Spelman.
3. (Metaph.) Capable of being directly known by, or presented
to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as
objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.
The latter term, presentative faculty, I use . . .
in contrast and correlation to a ``representative
faculty.'' --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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