presence (the senses ‘fact of being present’ and ‘demeanour, carriage, aspect’ are freq.)
1.
“in ,”
present
R2 IV. i. 62
“you were in then; And
you can witness with me this is
true,”
2H4 IV. iv. 17, H5 I. ii. 2.
2.
presence-chamber
R2 I. iii. 289,
H8 III. i. 17
“the two great cardinals
Wait in the ,”
Rom. V. iii. 86.
3.
assembly, company
LLL. V. ii. 534
“a good of
Worthies,”
R2 IV. i. 32
“the best In all this
,”
Ham. V. ii. 242
“This presence
knows.”
4.
(with possessive)
person, personality
John I. i. 137
“Lord of thy and no
land beside,”
II. i. 377
“Your royal p-s,”
R2 III. iii. 76
“our ,”
1H4 III. ii. 56.
