Exhibition
Exhibition , noun
[Latin exhibitio a delivering: compare French exhibition.]
1.
The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.
2.
That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.
3.
(Eng. Univ.) Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension.
(Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.
What maintenance he from his friends receives,
Like exhibition thou shalt have from me.
I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests.
4.
(Medicine) The act of administering a remedy.