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Word entry · 8 letters

proclaim

Best crossword clue

"Announce publicly"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /pɹəʊˈkleɪm/Part of speech verbSorted acilmoprStarts with PEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. praise, glorify, or honor

Word origin

From Middle English proclamen, proclaime, from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmō, prōclāmāre, from prō- (“forth”) + clāmō (“to shout, cry out”). Spelling altered by influence of claim, from the same Latin source (clāmō).

Used in a sentence

  • Were those baronies proclaimed at the time you were in them? –Some of them are; the barony of Duhallow is proclaimed.
  • … the Magistrates present, naturally excited by the occurrence, applied to Government to proclaim the baronies in which the outrage had occurred …
  • In due course the Dáil was proclaimed, fruitless efforts were made to suppress it and all its institutions, including, of course, the IRA.

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