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pronunciamento

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pro⋅nun⋅ci⋅a⋅men⋅to

  [pruh-nuhn-see-uh-men-toh, -shee-uh-]
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–noun, plural -tos.
a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
Origin:
1825–35; < Sp pronunciamiento < L prōnūntiā(re) to pronounce + -mentum -ment
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pro·nun·ci·a·men·to   (prō-nŭn'sē-ə-měn'tō)   
n.   pl. pro·nun·ci·a·men·tos or pro·nun·ci·a·men·toes
An official or authoritarian declaration; a proclamation or edict.

[Spanish pronunciamiento, from pronunciar, to pronounce, from Latin prōnūntiāre; see pronounce.]
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