Proclamation definition

prŏklə-māshən
proclamations
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Something that is proclaimed, or announced officially.
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Something proclaimed, especially an official public announcement.
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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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A proclaiming or being proclaimed.
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The act of proclaiming or the condition of being proclaimed.
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Noun

Singular:
proclamation
Plural:
proclamations

Origin of proclamation

  • Middle English proclamacion, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin proclamatio, from proclamare.

    From Wiktionary

Proclamation 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.

  • 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."

  • That proclamation appeared about two months ago.

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