Proclamation
noun
A public or official announcement about something important.
The president issued a proclamation declaring a state of emergency.
Often appears as...
- issue a proclamation
- proclamation of independence
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Formal
noun
An act of publicly saying something important.
The Supreme Court's proclamation on the matter was eagerly awaited by all.
Often appears as...
- supreme court's proclamation
- proclamation of rights
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Formal
noun
An official order or command that is given in a forceful and public way.
The king issued a proclamation not allowing any form of protest.
Often appears as...
- king's proclamation
- presidential proclamation
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A public or official announcement about something important.
The president issued a proclamation declaring a state of emergency.
Often appears as...
- issue a proclamation
- proclamation of independence
Usage tips
Formal
noun
An act of publicly saying something important.
The Supreme Court's proclamation on the matter was eagerly awaited by all.
Often appears as...
- supreme court's proclamation
- proclamation of rights
Usage tips
Formal
noun
An official order or command that is given in a forceful and public way.
The king issued a proclamation not allowing any form of protest.
Often appears as...
- king's proclamation
- presidential proclamation
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Official Announcements
Used when an authority makes an important statement that affects the public.
The mayor's proclamation informed citizens about the new public safety measures.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Importance
Often linked with historically significant events like a new law or change in leadership.
The proclamation of the new king was celebrated across the country.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
Typically found in formal or ceremonial occasions, not casual conversations.
The proclamation was read aloud at the inaugural ceremony.
Pro Tip 1/3Official Announcements
Used when an authority makes an important statement that affects the public.
The mayor's proclamation informed citizens about the new public safety measures.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Importance
Often linked with historically significant events like a new law or change in leadership.
The proclamation of the new king was celebrated across the country.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
Typically found in formal or ceremonial occasions, not casual conversations.
The proclamation was read aloud at the inaugural ceremony.
Pro Tip 1/3Official Announcements
Used when an authority makes an important statement that affects the public.
The mayor's proclamation informed citizens about the new public safety measures.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Importance
Often linked with historically significant events like a new law or change in leadership.
The proclamation of the new king was celebrated across the country.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
Typically found in formal or ceremonial occasions, not casual conversations.
The proclamation was read aloud at the inaugural ceremony.
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Bruce Feiler: Agile...
and do things in very short spans of time. So instead of having executives issue grand proclamations, the team in effect manages itself. You have constant feedback. You have daily update sessions. You have weekly reviews. You're constantly changing. David said when they brought this system into their home,
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Learning from past...
remembered that conversation of decades before when he was so sad and he pointing to the proclamation said I believe in this measure my fondest hopes will be realized but as he was about to put his signature on the proclamation his own hand was numb and shaking because he had shaken a thousand hands
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Eric Dishman: Health...
Take control of your health and get on with your life." And I did. Now, these people making these proclamations to me were not bad people. In fact, these professionals were miracle workers, but they're working in a flawed, expensive system that's set up the wrong way.
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Agile programming -- for...
and do things in very short spans of time so instead of having executives issue grand proclamations the team in effect manages itself you have constant feedback you have daily update sessions you have weekly reviews you're constantly changing David said when they
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The Nature of Nature PIPE...
signed a proclamation creating the pacific remote islands marine national monuments one of the largest marine reserves in the world i couldn't believe that our research our images our stories about that place helped to inform one of the most
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How to use rhetoric to...
Forensic, or judicial, rhetoric establishes facts and judgements about the past, similar to detectives at a crime scene. Epideictic, or demonstrative, rhetoric makes a proclamation about the present situation, as in wedding speeches.
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Ugly History: Japanese...
But as the government froze their bank accounts and imposed local restrictions such as curfews, many were unable to leave– Aki’s family among them. In March, a proclamation forbid Japanese Americans from changing their residency,
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Eleni Gabre-Madhin:...
the overarching legal framework for making this market work. So, in fact, our proclamation is going to parliament next month. What's really important is that the ECX will operate a market information system
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Growing Up Transgender...
we believe that the church leaders are receiving revelation that helps them to be able to better serve in the in the callings that were given in the priesthood we have the proclamation of the world on
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The impact of Simón...
invalids in hospitals and boy soldiers as young as 11 and to populate his armies he freed slaves a full half century before Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
Video examples
Bruce Feiler: Agile...
and do things in very short spans of time. So instead of having executives issue grand proclamations, the team in effect manages itself. You have constant feedback. You have daily update sessions. You have weekly reviews. You're constantly changing. David said when they brought this system into their home,
Video examples
Learning from past...
remembered that conversation of decades before when he was so sad and he pointing to the proclamation said I believe in this measure my fondest hopes will be realized but as he was about to put his signature on the proclamation his own hand was numb and shaking because he had shaken a thousand hands
Video examples
Eric Dishman: Health...
Take control of your health and get on with your life." And I did. Now, these people making these proclamations to me were not bad people. In fact, these professionals were miracle workers, but they're working in a flawed, expensive system that's set up the wrong way.
Video examples
Agile programming -- for...
and do things in very short spans of time so instead of having executives issue grand proclamations the team in effect manages itself you have constant feedback you have daily update sessions you have weekly reviews you're constantly changing David said when they
Video examples
The Nature of Nature PIPE...
signed a proclamation creating the pacific remote islands marine national monuments one of the largest marine reserves in the world i couldn't believe that our research our images our stories about that place helped to inform one of the most
Video examples
How to use rhetoric to...
Forensic, or judicial, rhetoric establishes facts and judgements about the past, similar to detectives at a crime scene. Epideictic, or demonstrative, rhetoric makes a proclamation about the present situation, as in wedding speeches.
Video examples
Ugly History: Japanese...
But as the government froze their bank accounts and imposed local restrictions such as curfews, many were unable to leave– Aki’s family among them. In March, a proclamation forbid Japanese Americans from changing their residency,
Video examples
Eleni Gabre-Madhin:...
the overarching legal framework for making this market work. So, in fact, our proclamation is going to parliament next month. What's really important is that the ECX will operate a market information system
Video examples
Growing Up Transgender...
we believe that the church leaders are receiving revelation that helps them to be able to better serve in the in the callings that were given in the priesthood we have the proclamation of the world on
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
invalids in hospitals and boy soldiers as young as 11 and to populate his armies he freed slaves a full half century before Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
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Quote examples
Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The administration is out lying through its teeth about all these people signing up and how great Obamacare is now. Meanwhile, Obama continues to break the law each and every day with executive actions - not even executive orders, executive actions - and proclamations.
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Beck
American Musician
If you look at an old piece of sheet music, there's all kinds of text on it, there are ads, there are proclamations of the greatest songs' success, there's artwork. So there is a tactile, physical experience of learning the song and the way it's notated.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
The newspapers of the twenty-first century will give a mere 'stick' in the back pages to accounts of crime or political controversies, but will headline on the front pages the proclamation of a new scientific hypothesis.
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Toussaint Louverture
Haitian Leader
I have published a proclamation: 'Forgive us our transgressions as we forgive those who transgress against us.' I have ordered all citizens to return to their parishes to enjoy the benefits of this general amnesty.
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Blase J. Cupich
American Clergyman
The existence of slavery cast the shadow of hypocrisy over the otherwise noble proclamation of the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in our Declaration of Independence.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is but a question of time and of form when and how a proclamation of emancipation will be issued.
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Jacque Fresco
American Inventor
Law is when you don't have a method of solving a problem... It's just nailing a proclamation on a wall saying, 'Don't do this.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The Great Seal was an early proclamation of 'humanitarian intervention,' to use the currently fashionable phrase.
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John Barth
American Novelist
More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The administration is out lying through its teeth about all these people signing up and how great Obamacare is now. Meanwhile, Obama continues to break the law each and every day with executive actions - not even executive orders, executive actions - and proclamations.
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Beck
American Musician
If you look at an old piece of sheet music, there's all kinds of text on it, there are ads, there are proclamations of the greatest songs' success, there's artwork. So there is a tactile, physical experience of learning the song and the way it's notated.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
The newspapers of the twenty-first century will give a mere 'stick' in the back pages to accounts of crime or political controversies, but will headline on the front pages the proclamation of a new scientific hypothesis.
Quote examples
Toussaint Louverture
Haitian Leader
I have published a proclamation: 'Forgive us our transgressions as we forgive those who transgress against us.' I have ordered all citizens to return to their parishes to enjoy the benefits of this general amnesty.
Quote examples
Blase J. Cupich
American Clergyman
The existence of slavery cast the shadow of hypocrisy over the otherwise noble proclamation of the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in our Declaration of Independence.
Quote examples
Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.
Quote examples
Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is but a question of time and of form when and how a proclamation of emancipation will be issued.
Quote examples
Jacque Fresco
American Inventor
Law is when you don't have a method of solving a problem... It's just nailing a proclamation on a wall saying, 'Don't do this.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The Great Seal was an early proclamation of 'humanitarian intervention,' to use the currently fashionable phrase.
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John Barth
American Novelist
More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.
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