proclamation

Everyday

1. An official public announcement, especially from a king, queen, president or government. tree →
2. A clear, strong public statement of a belief or idea. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons: royal proclamations, the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) by Abraham Lincoln, and the Proclamation of the Irish Republic (1916). In stories, a herald reads out the king's proclamation in the town square.

Examples

• The king's proclamation was read in the market square. tree →
• Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation aimed to free enslaved people. tree →
• The 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic was read outside the GPO in Dublin. tree →
• A proclamation announced the new queen. tree →
• The town crier shouted the proclamation. tree →
• Her speech was a proclamation of hope. tree →
• A royal proclamation was issued to this effect. tree →

Note

Countable. From the verb «proclaim». Spelling trap: proclaim has «ai», but proclamation has just «a».

In Jewish tradition

It means a loud public announcement, such as the horn blown on the day of atonement or Aaron's call before the calf. In the Prophets and Writings it is also a message sent out by God or a king, as Jonah to Nineveh or the call to gather in Jerusalem.

Interpretation. The horn blast on Yom Kippur in the Jubilee year proclaimed freedom throughout the land. Jonah's proclamation is read as a call to repent, which Nineveh heeded.

Examples

• And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said: 'To-morrow shall be a feast to the LORD.' (Torah EXO.32.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then shalt thou make proclamation with the blast of the horn on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye make proclamation with the horn throughout all your land. (Torah LEV.25.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no manner of servile work; it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. (Torah LEV.23.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and make unto it the proclamation that I bid thee.' (Prophets JON.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem; (Writings EZR.10.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. (Writings 2CH.24.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable. From the verb «proclaim». Spelling trap: proclaim has «ai», but proclamation has just «a».