KJV Dictionary Definition: proclamation

proclamation

PROCLAMA'TION, n. L. proclamatio, from proclamo.

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

King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah.

1 Kings 15.

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.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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