preˈsentialness Now rare or Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being presential; = presentiality (in quots., presence in space).
| 1692 Norris Curs. Refl. Ess. Hum. Und. 20, I account for the Mode of human Understanding..by the Presentialness of the Divine λόγος, or Ideal World to our Souls. 1713 A. Collier Clavis Univ. i. i. §2 (1836) 36 If..the Presentialness of the Object be necessary to the Act of Vision, the Object perceived cannot possibly be External to ..us. |