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proclamation
[
prok-l
uh
-
mey
-sh
uh
n
]
Example Sentences
proc·la·ma·tion
/
ˌprɒk
ləˈmeɪ
ʃən
/
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[
prok-l
uh
-
mey
-sh
uh
n
]
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noun
1.
something that is
proclaimed
;
a public and official announcement.
2.
the act of
proclaiming
.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
proclama-cioun
(<
Middle French
proclamacion
) <
Latin
prōclāmātiōn-
(stem of
prōclāmātiō
), equivalent to
prōclāmāt
(
us
) (past participle of
prōclāmāre
to
proclaim
) +
-iōn-
-ion
Related forms
re·proc·la·ma·tion,
noun
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proscenium
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to cause to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock
foretelling or prediction of what is to come
one who encourages or organizes
to move or go forward after stopping
arch that separates a stage from the auditorium
one appointed to keep watch over students at examinations
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Yet another feeble proclamation compounding the nation's economic troubles.
And yet, there is not one shred of evidence that was presented to support that proclamation.
It does not matter if you have not heard this proclamation before.
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Yet another feeble proclamation compounding the nation's economic troubles.
And yet, there is not one shred of evidence that was presented to support that proclamation.
It does not matter if you have not heard this proclamation before.
Back when she made this grand proclamation it was a joke.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
proclaim
(prəˈkleɪm)
—
vb
1.
(
may take a clause as object
) to announce publicly
2.
(
may take a clause as object
) to show or indicate plainly
3.
to praise or extol
[C14: from Latin
prōclāmāre
to shout aloud]
pro'claimer
—
n
proclamation
—
n
proclamatory
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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"Our religion vulgarly stands on numbers of believers. Whenever the appeal is made—no matter how indirectly—to numbers, proclamation is then and there made, that religion is not. He that finds God a sweet, enveloping presence, who shall dare to come in?"
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