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proclamation
[ prok-luh-mey-shuhn ]
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- reproc·la·mation noun
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Origin of proclamation1
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The governor issued a proclamation that reopened a wide variety of businesses including bars.
This indicates that such proclamations are not made lightly.
In your career, over the last, let’s say, 15 or 20 years, there have been a series of incidents or proclamations that get some people really upset.
A proclamation he issued claimed that the threat of “illegal voting” justifies a dramatic decrease in the number of places that voters can hand-deliver their mail-in ballots.
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program has published an FAQ addressing international student concerns, but it doesn’t make any proclamations about whether re-entry into the USA will be granted or denied.
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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What does proclamation mean?
A proclamation is an official announcement made in public.
Proclamation is the noun form of the verb proclaim, meaning to announce or declare something in an official or formal manner. Proclamations are typically made by public officials.
Like the similar word announcement, proclamation is often used with the verb make.
Example: The mayor called a press conference to issue a proclamation declaring an official citywide day of celebration for the new champions of baseball.
Where does proclamation come from?
The first records of proclamation come from the 1300s. It comes from the Latin word prōclāmātiōnem, from the verb prōclāmāre, meaning “to proclaim.”
Proclamation is most often used in an official government context, and proclamations are typically made by a person in a position of authority. In the past, proclamations were issued by kings and queens and often constituted a new law—picture a royal herald reading from a scroll. The most famous proclamation in the history of the United States is the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, in which President Abraham Lincoln officially declared that the people enslaved in the territories rebelling against the Union were “forever free.”
While most proclamations made today in the U.S. are by government officials, they often don’t carry much weight. In many cases, an official government announcement called a proclamation is essentially symbolic, especially when it’s issued to recognize a person’s contributions to a city or to commemorate an event. Such proclamations often use words like whereas or be it resolved.
Proclamation is sometimes used in a casual and humorous way that’s intended to imply the kind of authority held by a government leader or monarch, as in Let it be known that I’m making the proclamation that the leftovers in the fridge are mine and mine alone, and violation of this sacred contract is punishable by death.
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What are some other forms related to proclamation?
- re-proclamation (noun)
- pronouncement (noun)
- proclaim (verb)
What are some synonyms for proclamation?
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How is proclamation used in real life?
Proclamation is most commonly associated with the kind of formal announcements made by government officials or politicians—or, historically, by kings or queens or their royal heralds. For that reason, it is sometimes used humorously to suggest that the person speaking has such authority.
Happy #WorldAutismDay and thank you @cityofokc and @davidfholt for this proclamation! 💙🧩 pic.twitter.com/xT4ClcjhWz
— Oklahoma Autism Center Foundation (@OKACFoundation) April 2, 2020
Proclamation against breaking or defacing monuments of antiquity, by Elizabeth I, 19 September 1560. From archives of the College of Arms pic.twitter.com/q7kgElScbb
— Peter O'Donoghue (@yorkherald) April 2, 2020
the queen has made a proclamation! https://t.co/FAQAlUxonf
— Nanning Bee (@NanningBee) July 28, 2018
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Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of proclamation?
A. announcement
B. decree
C. secret
D. pronouncement
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