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[ prok-luh -mey -shuh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌprɒk ləˈmeɪ ʃən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
the act of proclaiming.
Origin of proclamation 1350–1400; Middle English proclama-cioun (<Middle French proclamacion ) <Latin prōclāmātiōn- (stem of prōclāmātiō ), equivalent to prōclāmāt (us ) (past participle of prōclāmāre to proclaim) + -iōn- -ion
OTHER WORDS FROM proclamation re·proc·la·ma·tion, noun Words nearby proclamation prochoos, prochronism, prochymosin, procidentia, proclaim, proclamation , proclinate, proclitic, proclivity, Proclus, Procne
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What the proclamation did—and did not do—has been a matter of debate ever since.
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If he is being driven back to the city you can save him and the country by such a proclamation .
The latter issued his proclamation forbidding such settlement.
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I prefer the view of those who maintain that the English law was introduced by the proclamation of 1763.
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