acclamationn.

Brit.

/ˌakləˈmeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌækləˈmeɪʃən/

Forms: 1500s acclamacyon, 1500s–1600s acclamacion, 1500s– acclamation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin acclāmātiōn-, acclāmātiō; French acclamation.

Etymology: < classical Latin acclāmātiōn-, acclāmātiō action of shouting, shout of disapproval, shout of approval, (in rhetoric) triumphant concluding expression, final flourish ( < acclāmāt- , past participial stem of acclāmāre acclaim v. + -iō -ion suffix¹), perhaps partly via Middle French acclamation enthusiastic expression of praise, cry of joy (1504; French acclamation).In sense 4 probably after French acclamation appointment by general assent, without a vote (1690). With by acclamation at Phrases 1 compare French par acclamation (1740).

1. An act of acclaiming; an exclamation or other expression of sentiment addressed to someone in a loud voice.

a. In expression of approbation or praise: (esp. in later use) any enthusiastic expression of approval in verbal or other form.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun]

acclamation1541

plause?c1550

succlamation1566

applausion1576

plauda1593

applaud1598

applause1600

applauding1615

applaudity1623

epiphonema1655

acclaim1667

éclat1741

bualadh bos1908

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxix. f. 103 With these and other moste ioyouse acclamations, the emperour issued out of the Theatre.

1578 B. Garter Receyuing Queenes Maiestie Norwich sig. Aiii^v The acclamations and cries of the people..ratled so loude, as hardly for a great time coulde any thing be hearde.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Macc. v. 64 The people assembled vnto them with ioyfull acclamations .

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 361 That auspicious Acclamation of the Senate to their Cæsars, Felicior Augusto, Melior Trajano.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 872 This happy Day with Acclamations greet.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. x. 196 The acclamations of the soldiers proclaimed him emperor.

1846 Illustr. London News 7 Feb. 101/1 The very clever performances of Mr. Risley and his two sons continue to be nightly received with loudest acclamations.

1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) x. 136 The assembled people..by their acclamations gave an affirmative answer.

1904 J. Conrad Nostromo ii. iv. 136 The contemptuous good humour of his solitary eye roaming over the crowds extorted the acclamations of the populace.

1979 C. Foss Ephesus after Antiq. 67 The activity is illustrated by..the numerous graffiti, some of them acclamations for the victory of one of the circus factions, other tablai.

2002 Ashmolean Spring 7/2 The passion for servility identified by Tacitus notwithstanding, one can imagine that some acclamations were chanted through gritted teeth.

†b. In expression of dislike. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations

hootinga1225

hissingc1384

fie?1550

acclamation1602

hiss1602

hoot1612

catcall1749

catcallingc1781

scraping1785

sibilation1822

the big bird1825

boo hoo1825

booing1830

Kentish fire1834

boo-hooing1865

boo1884

slow handclap1904

tutting1929

slow handclapping1932

slow clap1937

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. v. sig. E2 And with such sighs, Laments and acclamations lyfen it [sc. revenge].

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 39 Acclamations must be restrained heere to the worse sense..of Curses and Detestations.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ii. xiii. 121/2 The cruell Tyrant, to stoppe her cries and acclamations, slew her.

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. §2. 75 To force their unhappy mothers to that sad acclamation, Blessed are the wombs which bare not.

a. Rhetoric. A brief isolated sentence in a discourse, emphasizing what precedes it; = epiphonema n. 1. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > exclamation or exclamatory final sentence

exclamation1552

acclamation1561

epiphonema1579

ecphonesis1589

epiphoneme1589

1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. lv Epiphonema, is an acclamacion of any matter that is tolde, or alowed.]

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips ii. 17 He finisheth the Title with an acclamation [Revelation 1:3].

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xix. 122 Hereunto is annexed the wonted acclamation, by the whiche both this doctrine is applied and communicated to all churches.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 19 This ancient Father mentions no antiphonies, or responsories of the people heer, but the only plain acclamation of Amen.

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 143 Acclamation is a figure, when after a thing is done or declared, a clause or part of a sentence is added, briefly purporting some Emphasis.

1767 T. Gibbons Rhetoric 462 From επιϕωνημα, an acclamation.

1835 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Arts & Sci. II. 52/1 Epiphonema or acclamation..is so called when the orator at the conclusion of his argument makes some lively and just remark upon what he has been saying, to give it the greater force.

1971 W. S. Howell 18th-cent. Brit. Logic & Rhetoric 114 The thirteen figures suited to moving the passions [include]..epiphonema or acclamation, apostrophe or address, and prosopopeia or fiction of a person.

b. Christian Church. A specified word or phrase spoken or sung by the congregation as part of a liturgy.

ΚΠ

a1630 S. Page Godly Expos. Lords Prayer (1631) 329 The Priest onely pronounceth these words, quia tuum est regnum, &c. And learned Erasmus thinkes that these words might be added to the Lords prayer, by the vse of the Church, as at the end of the Psalmes we added that holy acclamation of, Gloria patri & filio & spiritui sancto.

1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 353 Let him consider what can be objected to the Acclamation and Profession of Faith made by the People, when the Officiating Priest pronounces these Words, This is my Body which is broken for you for the Remission of Sins; at which all cry out, Amen, Amen, Amen. We praise thee, Lord God.

a1768 T. Secker Wks. (1792) III. xcvii. 33 There appears no time when they did otherwise; or when that acclamation, Glory be to thee, O Lord, was not made.

1856 St. John's Man. 515 Before she offers up a prayer, the people are invited to unite with her in spirit, and at the conclusion express their assent by the acclamation Amen.

1978 J. D. Crichton in C. Jones et al. Study of Liturgy i. 18 It is the theme..of the acclamation to be found in the Roman rite and in Series 3: ‘Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.’

1990 New St. Joseph Sunday Missal (Canad. ed.) 560 The ‘Lord, Have Mercy’ (Kyrie) is an acclamation which praises the Lord and implores his mercy.

3. The action of acclaiming.

a. The general and enthusiastic expression of approval or praise for someone; (esp. in earlier use) shouting in someone's honour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun]

clepingc975

rouna1225

grede13..

voicec1375

cryc1380

outcrya1382

clepea1400

interjectionc1430

scrightc1440

yoa1475

braya1500

shout?a1513

roupingc1550

acclamation1562

outcry1587

whewing?1590

cry-out1814

redound1825

oh-ing1843

shriekc1853

ejaculation1863

blurt1864

spasmodics1865

yo-yoing1874

ejaculatory1883

yip-yipping1910

yip1911

yipping1951

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of > shout of approval

acclamation1562

applause1600

conclamation1651

1562 tr. Louis, Prince de Condé Declaration sig. A.v^v This entrey was made in open armoure with great acclamation of men hyred and suborned.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iii. 45 The people of Israel..sang with ioyfull acclamation vnto the Lord.

1615 J. Bowle Serm. Funerall Earle of Kent sig. A2^v The Fathers haue obserued that Christ the Word of God, was in the dispensation of his Incarnation, accompanied with the voyces of man... In his Preaching, Voce acclamantis, with the voyce of acclamation.

1697 J. Lead Fountain of Gardens II. 390 Your true Labour herein shall have such success, as you may bring great acclamation, and renown to your Lord and Saviour, through all Worlds.

1757 T. Smollett Compl. Hist. Eng. I. iii. iv. 574 In passing through Italy, he was every where received with honours and acclamation.

1796 J. Beresford tr. Comtesse de Genlis Knights of Swan III. 216 The palace immediately resounded with shouts of joy, acclamation, and applause.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 408 Dryden..joined his voice to the general acclamation.

1861 C. M. Yonge Young Step-mother xxix. 442 ‘There's Guy Fawkes,’ cried Albinia, as a procession of scare-crows were borne on chairs amid thunders of acclamation.

1938 L. Beebe in N.Y. Herald Tribune 26 Nov. 16/2 Originated by the Ritz Brothers and long accepted in the West as a cry of dismay, festivity or general acclamation, the screaming of ‘woo woo’ has penetrated the New York bars.

1971 N. Brown Antarctic Housewife v. 46 Midst great acclamation he deposited the bird on the floor.

2002 N. Nicolson Fanny Burney vii. 98 In November 1817 she came to Bath without the King, who was by now mentally incapacitated, and wherever she went during her four-day visit she was received with acclamation.

b. Originally: the loud or enthusiastic expression of general assent or approval. Subsequently (chiefly North American): unanimous or overwhelming assent for a measure, appointment, etc., indicated without a ballot (see sense 4 and by acclamation at Phrases 1); election as a result of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun] > declaration of assent to something

subscription?1551

acclamation1565

1565 J. Rastell Replie Def. Truth To Rdr. sig. ¶vi^v Be warned,..to marke aduisedlye what truth is in question, and neither by acclamation to the wordlie proceedinges, neither indignation against the old faith and Catholike, to shrinke in anye part from it.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (iii. 8) 679 Giuing consent and acclamation vnto the most weightie and necessarie doctrine of free iustification.

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 55. 354 He was put into the flames with the General Acclamation of the Multitude.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 91. ⁋3 With the general acclamation of all the powers.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 515 To return to our public Assemblies... Nothing can be more inconsistent with the gravity and wisdom of a deliberative Assembly than acclamation.

1824 Monthly Rev. 105 471 This was carried,—not by deliberation, but by acclamation... Acclamation again, and Vive la Republique!, shouted by opposite factions.

1914 Rotarian July 91/2 In this manner Mulholland's nomination would have been by acclamation.

1992 Arctic Circle (Iqaluit, N.W. Territories) Fall 26/2 Why put forth one candidate for acclamation, when others clearly wanted to be considered for the job?

4. Canadian. (An instance of) election to an assembly by unanimous or overwhelming assent, unopposed (see sense 3b).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > election by specific method

prox1669

shouting1679

acclamation1885

coupon election1918

1885 Canad. Parl. Compan. 262/2 Mr. Archambault being unseated, a new election took place 19 June 1884: Alfred Lapointe..Acclamation.

1913 J. C. Hopkins Canad. Ann. Rev. Public Affiars 1912 245 Bye-elections of the year 1912 included the following acclamations: Carleton, Oct. 30, W. F. Garland; South Simcoe, June 10, W. A. Boys.

1958 Citizen (N. Vancouver) 4 Dec. 1/7 Strange there's a shortage of Board candidates in the District but an acclamation is not unusual in the City.

1964 Martlet (Univ. Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Oct. 1/1 Acclamations have filled all students' council positions vacated through resignations but one.

2004 J. C. Courtney Elections 113 The 153 constituencies won..in the elections of 1867, 1872, and 1874 account for 60 percent of all acclamations in Canada's thirty-seven federal elections.

Phrases

P1. by acclamation: by general and enthusiastic agreement or approval; (also) Canadian (of an election) by unanimous or overwhelming assent, unopposed. Now chiefly North American.

ΚΠ

1668 T. Douglas tr. J. Porrée Vitis Degeneris 106 After that the President hath given thanks, and all the People hath by acclamation consented.

1789 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 325 The Representatives of this nation..are ready to swallow this proposition by acclamation.

1827 Gore Gaz. (Ancaster, Upper Canada) 8 Dec. 161/2 The friends of Mr. Papineau intended that the election should be carried unanimously, and by acclamation, in his favor.

1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. xxxi. 196 The spirit which thirty years before had passed the Six Articles Bill by acclamation.

1912 J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict. & Phrase-bk. Acclamation, a candidate who is unanimously elected to office without the trouble of going to the poll is said to be elected by acclamation.

1964 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Oct. 20/1 Stephen Juba..became the first mayor from this city to be elected by acclamation in nearly a quarter of a century.

1984 Congress. Q. Weekly Rep. 23 June 1506/1 Boschwitz was nominated by acclamation at the GOP state convention.

2005 West Island Suburban (Canada) 26 Oct. 19/2 The persons elected by acclamation are: District number 6: Glenn J. Nashen.

P2. with acclamation: = by acclamation at Phrases 1.

ΚΠ

1800 R. C. Dallas tr. A. F. B. de Moleville Ann. French Revol. II. xxvi. 461 The Decree he moved was adopted with acclamation.

1844 Examiner (Toronto) 23 Oct. 3/1 Yesterday, the election was held for this County, when Jacob de Witt..was returned with acclamation.

1926 Rotarian Aug. 66/3 A very comprehensive resolution..expressed thanks to various individuals and organizations who made the convention such a success was adopted with acclamation.

1974 H. Preston-Thomas in Evol. Internat. Temperature Scale of 1968 (Amer. Soc. for Testing & Materials) 13 This suggestion was adopted with acclamation forthwith.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	acclamation
释义	acclamationn. Brit. /ˌakləˈmeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌækləˈmeɪʃən/ Forms: 1500s acclamacyon, 1500s–1600s acclamacion, 1500s– acclamation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin acclāmātiōn-, acclāmātiō; French acclamation. Etymology: < classical Latin acclāmātiōn-, acclāmātiō action of shouting, shout of disapproval, shout of approval, (in rhetoric) triumphant concluding expression, final flourish ( < acclāmāt- , past participial stem of acclāmāre acclaim v. + -iō -ion suffix¹), perhaps partly via Middle French acclamation enthusiastic expression of praise, cry of joy (1504; French acclamation).In sense 4 probably after French acclamation appointment by general assent, without a vote (1690). With by acclamation at Phrases 1 compare French par acclamation (1740). 1. An act of acclaiming; an exclamation or other expression of sentiment addressed to someone in a loud voice. a. In expression of approbation or praise: (esp. in later use) any enthusiastic expression of approval in verbal or other form. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] acclamation1541 plause?c1550 succlamation1566 applausion1576 plauda1593 applaud1598 applause1600 applauding1615 applaudity1623 epiphonema1655 acclaim1667 éclat1741 bualadh bos1908 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxix. f. 103 With these and other moste ioyouse acclamations, the emperour issued out of the Theatre. 1578 B. Garter Receyuing Queenes Maiestie Norwich sig. Aiii^v The acclamations and cries of the people..ratled so loude, as hardly for a great time coulde any thing be hearde. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Macc. v. 64 The people assembled vnto them with ioyfull acclamations . View more context for this quotation 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 361 That auspicious Acclamation of the Senate to their Cæsars, Felicior Augusto, Melior Trajano. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 872 This happy Day with Acclamations greet. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. x. 196 The acclamations of the soldiers proclaimed him emperor. 1846 Illustr. London News 7 Feb. 101/1 The very clever performances of Mr. Risley and his two sons continue to be nightly received with loudest acclamations. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) x. 136 The assembled people..by their acclamations gave an affirmative answer. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo ii. iv. 136 The contemptuous good humour of his solitary eye roaming over the crowds extorted the acclamations of the populace. 1979 C. Foss Ephesus after Antiq. 67 The activity is illustrated by..the numerous graffiti, some of them acclamations for the victory of one of the circus factions, other tablai. 2002 Ashmolean Spring 7/2 The passion for servility identified by Tacitus notwithstanding, one can imagine that some acclamations were chanted through gritted teeth. †b. In expression of dislike. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations hootinga1225 hissingc1384 fie?1550 acclamation1602 hiss1602 hoot1612 catcall1749 catcallingc1781 scraping1785 sibilation1822 the big bird1825 boo hoo1825 booing1830 Kentish fire1834 boo-hooing1865 boo1884 slow handclap1904 tutting1929 slow handclapping1932 slow clap1937 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. v. sig. E2 And with such sighs, Laments and acclamations lyfen it [sc. revenge]. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 39 Acclamations must be restrained heere to the worse sense..of Curses and Detestations. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ii. xiii. 121/2 The cruell Tyrant, to stoppe her cries and acclamations, slew her. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. §2. 75 To force their unhappy mothers to that sad acclamation, Blessed are the wombs which bare not. 2. a. Rhetoric. A brief isolated sentence in a discourse, emphasizing what precedes it; = epiphonema n. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > exclamation or exclamatory final sentence exclamation1552 acclamation1561 epiphonema1579 ecphonesis1589 epiphoneme1589 1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. lv Epiphonema, is an acclamacion of any matter that is tolde, or alowed.] 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips ii. 17 He finisheth the Title with an acclamation [Revelation 1:3]. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xix. 122 Hereunto is annexed the wonted acclamation, by the whiche both this doctrine is applied and communicated to all churches. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 19 This ancient Father mentions no antiphonies, or responsories of the people heer, but the only plain acclamation of Amen. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 143 Acclamation is a figure, when after a thing is done or declared, a clause or part of a sentence is added, briefly purporting some Emphasis. 1767 T. Gibbons Rhetoric 462 From επιϕωνημα, an acclamation. 1835 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Arts & Sci. II. 52/1 Epiphonema or acclamation..is so called when the orator at the conclusion of his argument makes some lively and just remark upon what he has been saying, to give it the greater force. 1971 W. S. Howell 18th-cent. Brit. Logic & Rhetoric 114 The thirteen figures suited to moving the passions [include]..epiphonema or acclamation, apostrophe or address, and prosopopeia or fiction of a person. b. Christian Church. A specified word or phrase spoken or sung by the congregation as part of a liturgy. ΚΠ a1630 S. Page Godly Expos. Lords Prayer (1631) 329 The Priest onely pronounceth these words, quia tuum est regnum, &c. And learned Erasmus thinkes that these words might be added to the Lords prayer, by the vse of the Church, as at the end of the Psalmes we added that holy acclamation of, Gloria patri & filio & spiritui sancto. 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 353 Let him consider what can be objected to the Acclamation and Profession of Faith made by the People, when the Officiating Priest pronounces these Words, This is my Body which is broken for you for the Remission of Sins; at which all cry out, Amen, Amen, Amen. We praise thee, Lord God. a1768 T. Secker Wks. (1792) III. xcvii. 33 There appears no time when they did otherwise; or when that acclamation, Glory be to thee, O Lord, was not made. 1856 St. John's Man. 515 Before she offers up a prayer, the people are invited to unite with her in spirit, and at the conclusion express their assent by the acclamation Amen. 1978 J. D. Crichton in C. Jones et al. Study of Liturgy i. 18 It is the theme..of the acclamation to be found in the Roman rite and in Series 3: ‘Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.’ 1990 New St. Joseph Sunday Missal (Canad. ed.) 560 The ‘Lord, Have Mercy’ (Kyrie) is an acclamation which praises the Lord and implores his mercy. 3. The action of acclaiming. a. The general and enthusiastic expression of approval or praise for someone; (esp. in earlier use) shouting in someone's honour. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] clepingc975 rouna1225 grede13.. voicec1375 cryc1380 outcrya1382 clepea1400 interjectionc1430 scrightc1440 yoa1475 braya1500 shout?a1513 roupingc1550 acclamation1562 outcry1587 whewing?1590 cry-out1814 redound1825 oh-ing1843 shriekc1853 ejaculation1863 blurt1864 spasmodics1865 yo-yoing1874 ejaculatory1883 yip-yipping1910 yip1911 yipping1951 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of > shout of approval acclamation1562 applause1600 conclamation1651 1562 tr. Louis, Prince de Condé Declaration sig. A.v^v This entrey was made in open armoure with great acclamation of men hyred and suborned. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iii. 45 The people of Israel..sang with ioyfull acclamation vnto the Lord. 1615 J. Bowle Serm. Funerall Earle of Kent sig. A2^v The Fathers haue obserued that Christ the Word of God, was in the dispensation of his Incarnation, accompanied with the voyces of man... In his Preaching, Voce acclamantis, with the voyce of acclamation. 1697 J. Lead Fountain of Gardens II. 390 Your true Labour herein shall have such success, as you may bring great acclamation, and renown to your Lord and Saviour, through all Worlds. 1757 T. Smollett Compl. Hist. Eng. I. iii. iv. 574 In passing through Italy, he was every where received with honours and acclamation. 1796 J. Beresford tr. Comtesse de Genlis Knights of Swan III. 216 The palace immediately resounded with shouts of joy, acclamation, and applause. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 408 Dryden..joined his voice to the general acclamation. 1861 C. M. Yonge Young Step-mother xxix. 442 ‘There's Guy Fawkes,’ cried Albinia, as a procession of scare-crows were borne on chairs amid thunders of acclamation. 1938 L. Beebe in N.Y. Herald Tribune 26 Nov. 16/2 Originated by the Ritz Brothers and long accepted in the West as a cry of dismay, festivity or general acclamation, the screaming of ‘woo woo’ has penetrated the New York bars. 1971 N. Brown Antarctic Housewife v. 46 Midst great acclamation he deposited the bird on the floor. 2002 N. Nicolson Fanny Burney vii. 98 In November 1817 she came to Bath without the King, who was by now mentally incapacitated, and wherever she went during her four-day visit she was received with acclamation. b. Originally: the loud or enthusiastic expression of general assent or approval. Subsequently (chiefly North American): unanimous or overwhelming assent for a measure, appointment, etc., indicated without a ballot (see sense 4 and by acclamation at Phrases 1); election as a result of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun] > declaration of assent to something subscription?1551 acclamation1565 1565 J. Rastell Replie Def. Truth To Rdr. sig. ¶vi^v Be warned,..to marke aduisedlye what truth is in question, and neither by acclamation to the wordlie proceedinges, neither indignation against the old faith and Catholike, to shrinke in anye part from it. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (iii. 8) 679 Giuing consent and acclamation vnto the most weightie and necessarie doctrine of free iustification. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 55. 354 He was put into the flames with the General Acclamation of the Multitude. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 91. ⁋3 With the general acclamation of all the powers. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 515 To return to our public Assemblies... Nothing can be more inconsistent with the gravity and wisdom of a deliberative Assembly than acclamation. 1824 Monthly Rev. 105 471 This was carried,—not by deliberation, but by acclamation... Acclamation again, and Vive la Republique!, shouted by opposite factions. 1914 Rotarian July 91/2 In this manner Mulholland's nomination would have been by acclamation. 1992 Arctic Circle (Iqaluit, N.W. Territories) Fall 26/2 Why put forth one candidate for acclamation, when others clearly wanted to be considered for the job? 4. Canadian. (An instance of) election to an assembly by unanimous or overwhelming assent, unopposed (see sense 3b). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > election by specific method prox1669 shouting1679 acclamation1885 coupon election1918 1885 Canad. Parl. Compan. 262/2 Mr. Archambault being unseated, a new election took place 19 June 1884: Alfred Lapointe..Acclamation. 1913 J. C. Hopkins Canad. Ann. Rev. Public Affiars 1912 245 Bye-elections of the year 1912 included the following acclamations: Carleton, Oct. 30, W. F. Garland; South Simcoe, June 10, W. A. Boys. 1958 Citizen (N. Vancouver) 4 Dec. 1/7 Strange there's a shortage of Board candidates in the District but an acclamation is not unusual in the City. 1964 Martlet (Univ. Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Oct. 1/1 Acclamations have filled all students' council positions vacated through resignations but one. 2004 J. C. Courtney Elections 113 The 153 constituencies won..in the elections of 1867, 1872, and 1874 account for 60 percent of all acclamations in Canada's thirty-seven federal elections. Phrases P1. by acclamation: by general and enthusiastic agreement or approval; (also) Canadian (of an election) by unanimous or overwhelming assent, unopposed. Now chiefly North American. ΚΠ 1668 T. Douglas tr. J. Porrée Vitis Degeneris 106 After that the President hath given thanks, and all the People hath by acclamation consented. 1789 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 325 The Representatives of this nation..are ready to swallow this proposition by acclamation. 1827 Gore Gaz. (Ancaster, Upper Canada) 8 Dec. 161/2 The friends of Mr. Papineau intended that the election should be carried unanimously, and by acclamation, in his favor. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. xxxi. 196 The spirit which thirty years before had passed the Six Articles Bill by acclamation. 1912 J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict. & Phrase-bk. Acclamation, a candidate who is unanimously elected to office without the trouble of going to the poll is said to be elected by acclamation. 1964 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Oct. 20/1 Stephen Juba..became the first mayor from this city to be elected by acclamation in nearly a quarter of a century. 1984 Congress. Q. Weekly Rep. 23 June 1506/1 Boschwitz was nominated by acclamation at the GOP state convention. 2005 West Island Suburban (Canada) 26 Oct. 19/2 The persons elected by acclamation are: District number 6: Glenn J. Nashen. P2. with acclamation: = by acclamation at Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1800 R. C. Dallas tr. A. F. B. de Moleville Ann. French Revol. II. xxvi. 461 The Decree he moved was adopted with acclamation. 1844 Examiner (Toronto) 23 Oct. 3/1 Yesterday, the election was held for this County, when Jacob de Witt..was returned with acclamation. 1926 Rotarian Aug. 66/3 A very comprehensive resolution..expressed thanks to various individuals and organizations who made the convention such a success was adopted with acclamation. 1974 H. Preston-Thomas in Evol. Internat. Temperature Scale of 1968 (Amer. Soc. for Testing & Materials) 13 This suggestion was adopted with acclamation forthwith. 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