Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proclamation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Proclamation \Proc`la*ma"tion\, n. [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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

proclamation
n : a formal public statement; "the government made an
announcement about changes in the drug war" [syn: {announcement},
{annunciation}]


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