Emily Dickinson Lexicon

presence, n. [OFr < L. præsentia; see present, adj.] (webplay: act, appearance, bear, before, birds, chamber, company, court, day, esteem, existence, face, facts, God, great, hand, hear, institution, know, living, men, mind, party, past, person, place, prayer, principles, set, society, son, soon, thoughts, time, towns, truths, virtue, year).

1. Company; society; association.
2. Proximity to God; ability to physically approach Deity; right to enter the court of a Supreme Being.
3. Reality; actual material; [fig.] spirit; being; real essence.
4. Proximity; nearness; closeness; state of being located physically nearby; [fig.] feeling; emotion; lingering sensation.
5. Certainty; surety; possession; tangible thing; object physically grasped; thing known for certain because it is physically near and visible.
6. Existence; reality; actual fact of being.
7. Realm; sphere; domain; place; location; [fig.] situation; circumstance; condition; environment; surroundings.
8. Influence; energy; glory; warmth and light.
9. Creature; angel; messenger; spiritual being; [fig.] songbird.
10. Ego; self; identity; posture; attitude.