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UK
/pɹˌɒklɐmˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌpɹɑkɫəˈmeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌpɹɑkɫəˈmeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice
his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature -
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.