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8. Personality, person. "Lord of thy presence, and no land beside." Shakesp.: King John, i. 9. Personal appearance, mien, air, deportment. (Shakesp.: Sonnet 10.) (1) Presence of mind : A calm, collected state of the mind, with its faculties under control; undisturbed state of the thoughts, which enables a person to act or speak without embarra ment or disorder in unexpected difficulties; quickne or readine of invention or of devising expedients in positions of sudden difficulty or danger. "What is called presence of mind really means that power of self-control which prevents the bodily energies being paralyzed by strong sensory impre ions." -Encyc. Brit . (ed. 9th), xv. 281. (2) Real Presence : [TRANSUBSTANTIATION.] presence-chamber, presence-room, s. A room or apartment in which a great personage receives company. *pre-sen-sā-tion, s. [Pref. pre- , and Eng. sensation (q.v.).) Previous sensation, idea, or notion. "The presage and pre sensation of it has in all ages been a very great joy."-More: Def. of the Moral Cabbala , ch. ii. *pre-sen-sion, s. [Lat. præsensio , from præ = before, and sentio =to feel, to perceive.] Perception beforehand. "A presension and foretaste of the joys of the celestial life."-Scott: Christian Life, pt. i., ch. iv.