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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Proclamation

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Naves Topical Index
Proclamation

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Proclamation

PROCLAMA'TION, noun [Latin proclamatio, from proclamo.]

1. Publication by authority; official notice given to the public.

King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah.

1 Kings 15:22.

2. In England, a declaration of the king's will, openly published.

Proclamations are a branch of the king's prerogative, and are binding on the subject.

3. The declaration of any supreme magistrate publicly made known; as the proclamation of the governor appointing a day of thanksgiving.

4. The paper containing an official notice to a people. The sheriff receives and distributes the governor's proclamations.