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Proclamation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Proclamation has 2 senses
- proclamation(n = noun.communication) announcement, annunciation, declaration - a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" is a kind of statement
- proclamation(n = noun.act) promulgation - the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice; "his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature" is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
has particulars: edict, promulgation
Derived form verb proclaim1
Derived forms verb proclaim2, verb proclaim1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Proclamation, n. [F. proclamation, L. proclamatio. See Proclaim.].
- The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication. [1913 Webster]"King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted." [1913 Webster]
- That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
Proclamation
advertisement, advertising, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, announcing, annunciation, appointment, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, brevet, broadcast, broadcasting, bruiting about, bull, bulletin board, circular, communique, conclusion, creed, declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, dictum, diktat, edict, edictum, encyclical, enunciation, fiat, heralding, ipse dixit, law, manifesto, notice, notification, ordinance, ordonnance, position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclaiming, profession, program, programma, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest, protestation, public notice, publication, publishing, report, rescript, rule, ruling, say, say-so, saying, senatus consult, senatus consultum, stance, stand, statement, ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper, wordROGET THESAURUS
Proclamation
Publication
N publication, public announcement, promulgation, propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento, circulation, indiction, edition, hue and cry, publicity, notoriety, currency, flagrancy, cry, bruit, hype, vox populi, report, the Press, public press, newspaper, journal, gazette, daily, telegraphy, publisher, imprint, circular, circular letter, manifesto, advertisement, ad, placard, bill, affiche, broadside, poster, notice, published, current, in circulation, public, notorious, flagrant, arrant, open, trumpet-tongued, encyclical, encyclic, promulgatory, exoteric, publicly, in open court, with open doors, Int, Oyez!, O yes!, notice!, notice is hereby given, this is to give, these are to give notice, nomina stultorum parietibus haerent, semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.
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