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acclamatory

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ac⋅cla⋅ma⋅tion

  [ak-luh-mey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a loud shout or other demonstration of welcome, goodwill, or approval.
2. act of acclaiming.
3. Liturgy. a brief responsive chant in antiphonal singing.
4. Ecclesiastical. response (def. 3a).
—Idiom
5. by acclamation, by an oral vote, often unanimous, expressing approval by shouts, hand-clapping, etc., rather than by formal ballot.
Origin:
1535–45; < L acclāmātiōn- (s. of acclāmātiō) a shouting, equiv. to acclāmāt(us) (ptp. of acclāmāre; see acclaim, -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
ac⋅clam⋅a⋅to⋅ry  [uh-klam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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ac·cla·ma·tion   (āk'lə-mā'shən)   
n.  

  1. A shout or salute of enthusiastic approval.

  2. An oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval taken without formal ballot: a motion passed by acclamation.


[Latin acclāmātiō, acclāmātiōn-, from acclāmātus, past participle of acclāmāre, to shout at; see acclaim.]
ac·clam'a·to'ry (ə-klām'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Word Origin & History

acclamation 
1541, from L. acclamationem (nom. acclamatio, gen. acclamationis), from acclamare "shout approval or disapproval of, cry out at," from ad- "toward" + clamare "cry out" (see claim).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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