Exhibition, n.
Etymology: [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.)
1 more senses
The act of administering a remedy.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for exhibition; he lists it under array.
Where he writes about it:
The parade is for exhibition and oversight, and partial rehearsal of military manual and maneuvers. — from array