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Webster 1913 Edition

Presentative

Pre-sent′a-tive

,
Adj.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Presentative

PRESENT'ATIVE

,
Adj.
In ecclesiastical affairs, that has the right of presentation, or offering a clerk to the bishop for institution. Advowsons are presentative, collative or donative.
An advowson presentative is where the patron hath a right of presentation to the bishop or ordinary.
1.
That admits the presentation of a clerk; as a presentative parsonage.

Definition 2024

presentative

presentative

English

Adjective

presentative ‎(comparative more presentative, superlative most presentative)

  1. Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.
  2. (ecclesiastical, law) Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution.
    • Blackstone
      Advowsons are presentative, collative, or donative.
  3. Admitting the presentation of a clergyman.
    • Spelman
      a presentative parsonage

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