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proclamation

[ prok-luh-mey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
  2. the act of proclaiming.


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Other Words From

  • reproc·la·mation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of proclamation1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English proclamacioun (from Middle French proclamacion, ) from Latin prōclāmātiōn- (stem of prōclāmātiō ), equivalent to prōclāmāt(us) (past participle of prōclāmāre “to cry out, proclaim ”) + -iōn- -ion

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Example Sentences

The Emancipation Proclamation, as Nancy Pelosi reminds us, was an executive action.

Mayor Bill de Blasio sent a proclamation and two commissioners to read it.

Short on literary flourish, the Proclamation was long on impact.

Queen B, however, wore quite an unconventional fur jacket, seemingly contradictory to her recent vegan proclamation.

Washington obliged by issuing a proclamation that Thursday, November 26, 1789, would be a day of public thanksgiving.

Quickly following this the King issued in 1632 another proclamation regulating the retailing of tobacco.

A proclamation was issued by government to establish a manufactory for white paper in England.

The policy thus initiated found final expression in the famous Proclamation of 1763, in the early months of Grenville's ministry.

After the formal proclamation was issued the function terminated with a banquet given to 200 insurgent notabilities.

On July 19 a proclamation was issued forbidding the possession of firearms without licence.

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