Ex`hi*bi"tion (?), n. [L.
exhibitio a delivering: cf. F. 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. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp.
for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.)
Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.
What maintenance he from his friends receives,
Like exhibition thou shalt have from me.
Shak.
I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in
my days, than to the priests.
Tyndale.
4. (Med.) The act of administering a
remedy.
