 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
proclamation
noun
1: a formal public statement; "the government made an
announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a
declaration of independence" [syn: {announcement}, {annunciation},
{declaration}]
2: the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice; "his
promulgation of the policy proved to be premature" [syn: {promulgation}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Proclamation \Proc'la*ma"tion\, noun [F. proclamation, L.
proclamatio. See {Proclaim}.]
1. The act of proclaiming; official or general notice;
publication.
King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah;
none was exempted. --1 Kings xv.
22.
2. That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or
officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the
proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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