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proclamation

[ UK /pɹˌɒklɐmˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌpɹɑkɫəˈmeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice
    his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature
  2. a formal public statement
    the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war
    a declaration of independence

How To Use proclamation In A Sentence

  • The opinions frankly expressed as to theology, metaphysics, and many established orthodoxies; its conclusion, glowing in every page, that metaphysics, as Danton said of the Revolution, was devouring its own children, and led to self-annihilation; its proclamation of Comte as the legitimate issue of all previous philosophy and positive philosophy as its ultimate _irenicon_ -- all this, one might think, would have condemned such a book from its birth. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy
  • This walk wasn't going to be a proclamation of Ben's undying love.
  • Restrictions governing building in London were first issued by royal proclamation.
  • She belongs to a family descended from free Blacks those released from slavery before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
  • He fulfilled his duties conscientiously, but his support for the proclamation of the district as a city lost him his seat in 1950.
  • Special courts under such proclamations tried and punished those who transgressed against the orders of the military authority.
  • To depreciate ( currency, for example ) by official proclamation or by rumor.
  • All princesses wishing to apply must respond to this proclamation and attend the initiation ball which is to be held in a sennight on the eve of the Festival of the Roses.
  • Eager hints would become rhapsodic proclamations; backstairs whispers would be babbled aloud in the corridors of the complex.
  • The psalmist had adapted this picture to refer to the spiritual offerings of prayer, praise and proclamation.
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