Search Result for "proclamation":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a formal public statement;
- Example: "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"
- Example: "a declaration of independence"
[syn: announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration]
2. the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice;
- Example: "his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature"
[syn: proclamation, promulgation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Proclamation \Proc`la*ma"tion\, n. [F. proclamation, L. proclamatio. See Proclaim.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication. [1913 Webster] King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. --1 Kings xv. 22. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, word
