Proclamation

//ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A statement which is proclaimed; formal a public announcement. countable, uncountable

    "The Tuesday meetings are only thirty minutes now. That proclamation was made in the previous meeting."

  2. 2
    the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice wordnet
  3. 3
    a formal public statement wordnet

Synonyms

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announcementadvertisementadvertisingaffirmanceaffirmationallegation

Example

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"Newspapers printed the proclamation."

Etymology

From Middle English proclamacion, from Anglo-Norman and Old French proclamacion, from Late Latin proclāmātiō, from the verb Latin prōclāmō.

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