proclamation

C2+ Topic:Law & Government

US /ˌprɑkləˈmeɪʃən/ UK /ˌprɒkləˈmeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an official public announcement

The king issued a proclamation of general amnesty.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an official public... declaration announcement decree pronouncement edict manifesto notice

Word family

Related forms proclaim claim exclamation

Etymology

From Old French proclamation, from Latin proclamatio, from proclamare ('to cry out, proclaim'), from pro- ('forth') + clamare ('to cry out, shout').

proclamare Latin clamare Latin

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Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives

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# proclamation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌprɑkləˈmeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌprɒkləˈmeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. an official public announcement

## Examples
- The king issued a proclamation of general amnesty.

## Synonyms
- declaration
- announcement
- decree
- pronouncement
- edict
- manifesto
- notice

## Related Forms
- proclaim
- claim
- exclamation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: proclamare
- Root: clamare

## Etymology
From Old French proclamation, from Latin proclamatio, from proclamare ('to cry out, proclaim'), from pro- ('forth') + clamare ('to cry out, shout').

## AI Etymology
Proclamation comes from Old French proclamation, from Latin proclamatio, from proclamare ('to cry out, proclaim'), from pro- ('forth') + clamare ('to cry out, shout'). The historical chain includes Latin proclamare and Latin clamare. The quoted older senses, "to cry out, proclaim", "forth", and "to cry out, shout", supply the semantic anchors for proclamation. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word proclamation carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "an official public announcement". Related English forms include proclaim, claim, and exclamation. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Law & Government
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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