Defn: In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
Walsh.
Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but
really as a menace to Mexico. U. S. Grant.
OSTENSION
Os*ten"sion, n. Etym: [L. ostensio a showing: cf. F. ostension. See
Ostend.] (Eccl.)
Defn: The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
OSTENSIVE
Os*ten"sive, a.
Defn: Showing; exhibiting. Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.
OSTENSIVELY
Os*ten"sive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an ostensive manner.
OSTENSORIUM; OSTENSORY
Os`ten*so"ri*um, Os*ten"so*ry, n.; pl. L. -soria, E. -sories. Etym:
[NL. ostensorium: cf. F. ostensoir. See Ostensible.] (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: Same as Monstrance.
OSTENT Os"tent, n. Etym: [L. ostentus, ostentum, fr. ostendere (p. p. ostensus and ostentus) to show. See Ostensible.]