Proclamation
[prɒklə'meɪʃn] or [,prɑklə'meʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice; 'his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature'.
Editor: Melinda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
(n.) That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Announcement, publication, promulgation, advertisement.[2]. Edict, decree, ordinance, ban.
Edited by Barton
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Announcement, edict, decree, notice, ordinance,[See DECREE]
Editor: Rochelle
Examples
- If that's Tom Tootle,' Miss Abbey made proclamation, in her most commanding tones, 'let him instantly come underneath here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But a proclamation was soon issued, to forbid it upon pain of death. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The emperor also confers on him some public mark of his favour, and proclamation is made of his innocence through the whole city. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The Emperor's proclamation from Avesnes had been distributed everywhere plentifully in Brussels. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The proportion between the values of gold and silver money was not fixed by any public law or proclamation, but was left to be settled by the market. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But the reality of freedom was not achieved by proclamation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Upon the firing on Sumter President Lincoln issued his first call for troops and soon after a proclamation convening Congress in extra session. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It were better, Than Kosis, interrupted Dejah Thoris, that the proclamation wait the ending of this war. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Make the proclamation yourself, he said. Plato. The Republic.
- Then opening the door a little way, simultaneously with a sound of scuttling outside it, the good lady made the proclamation, 'Send Miss Bella to me! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Another proclamation was issued, but it had no effect. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The new phase of revolution, the Jacobin revolution, was the direct outcome of this proclamation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This proclamation having been made, the heralds withdrew to their stations. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They are likely to regard the Emancipation Proclamation as the end of chattel slavery. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And so let us have a final trial and proclamation; need we hire a herald, or shall I proclaim the result? Plato. The Republic.
- The duke issued one of the most foolish proclamations in history; he was, he said, invading France to restore the royal authority. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was an urgent public need for notices, proclamations, and the like. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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