- a proclaiming or being proclaimed
- something that is proclaimed, or announced officially
Origin of proclamation
Middle English proclamacion from Middle French from Classical Latin proclamatio
noun
The definition of a proclamation is an announcement, or something being officially announced.
An example of a proclamation is a broadcasting of the announcement of a baby born to a member of the British royal family.
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proclamation
noun
- The act of proclaiming or the condition of being proclaimed.
- Something proclaimed, especially an official public announcement.
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Middle English proclamacion, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin proclamatio, from proclamare.
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Sentence Examples
- On the 31st of October President Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring Nevada a state.
- Her proclamation startled them in to silence.
- Here his democratic theory still more clearly leads up to a proclamation of the imperial omnipotence.
- "If he is accused of circulating Napoleon's proclamation it is not proved that he did so," said Pierre without looking at Rostopchin, "and Vereshchagin..."
- As Kant put it, this was "the proclamation of a great reform, which, however, will be slow in manifestation and in progress, and which will affect not only your people but others as well."
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