"demonstrance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: demonstrances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English demonstraunce, from Old French demonstrance. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|demonstraunce}} Middle English demonstraunce, {{der|en|fro|demonstrance}} Old French demonstrance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} demonstrance (countable and uncountable, plural demonstrances)
  1. (obsolete) demonstration; proof Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-demonstrance-en-noun-JLLBYRYU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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