Heralding

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is heralded.

    "There are many poetical charms in the heraldings of Christmas."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of herald form-of, gerund, participle, present

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proclamation

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"The sultry September day was drawing to a close, and as the sun went down, a dark thunder-cloud came slowly up from the west, muttering in deep undertones, and emitting occasional gleams of lightning by way of heralding the coming storm, from which both man and beast intuitively sought shelter."

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