proc·la·ma·tion

[prok-luh-mey-shuhn]
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

re·proc·la·ma·tion, noun
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proclaim (prəˈkleɪm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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

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Example sentences
The rest of his property he exposed to sale by daily proclamation, but nobody came to buy.
Aside from that inane proclamation, the article is pretty accurate for much of the rest of the world.
There would seem to be no stronger proclamation of the veracity of a concept than that it is a theory.
Back when she made this grand proclamation it was a joke.
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