Crossword clues for proclaimed
proclaimed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Proclaim \Pro*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Proclaiming.] [OE. proclamen, L. proclamare; pro before, forward + clamare to call or cry out: cf. F. proclamer. See Claim.]
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To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
To proclaim liberty to the captives.
--Isa. lxi. 1.For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
--Shak.Throughout the host proclaim A solemn council forthwith to be held.
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To outlaw by public proclamation.
I heard myself proclaimed.
--Shak.Syn: To publish; promulgate; declare; announce. See Announce.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: proclaim)
WordNet
adj. declared publicly; made widely known; "their announced intentions"; "the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy" [syn: announced]
Usage examples of "proclaimed".
As soon as she sounded a revolt in the ears of Zeno, he fled with precipitation into the mountains of Isauria, and her brother Basiliscus, already infamous by his African expedition, was unanimously proclaimed by the servile senate.
Maximus was proclaimed, by the tumultuary, but unanimous voice, both of the soldiers and of the provincials.
Julian, to whose military command he had intrusted the provinces of Gaul, was proclaimed to the world in the simple and concise narrative of his exploits.
The extravagance of the Grecian mythology proclaimed, with a clear and audible voice, that the pious inquirer, instead of being scandalized or satisfied with the literal sense, should diligently explore the occult wisdom, which had been disguised, by the prudence of antiquity, under the mask of folly and of fable.
The messenger who proclaimed at Alexandria the accession of Julian, announced the downfall of the archbishop.
As soon as the feast was ended, the voice of Mercury proclaimed the will of Jupiter, that a celestial crown should be the reward of superior merit.
Bineses, the ambassador of Persia, entered the place, displayed from the citadel the standard of the Great King, and proclaimed, in his name, the cruel alternative of exile or servitude.
Before he again took the field against the Goths, he received the sacrament of baptism from Acholius, the orthodox bishop of Thessalonica: and, as the emperor ascended from the holy font, still glowing with the warm feelings of regeneration, he dictated a solemn edict, which proclaimed his own faith, and prescribed the religion of his subjects.
Barbarian chieftains, the master-general of Illyricum was elevated, according to ancient custom, on a shield, and solemnly proclaimed king of the Visigoths.
Rome, proclaimed his immortal resentment against the assassins of his beloved master.
Theodoric was proclaimed by the Goths, with the tardy, reluctant, ambiguous consent of the emperor of the East.
The long night of his absence or death was the mournful season of distress and anxiety, till the messengers, who had been sent to the mountain tops, descried the first rays of returning light, and proclaimed to the plain below the festival of his resurrection.
The Arians, conscious that their reign had expired, resigned the temple to the Catholics, who rescued their saint from profane hands, performed the holy rites, and loudly proclaimed the creed of Athanasius and Justinian.
Theodoric, proclaimed to the trembling multitude that they should live and obey.
When the fatal mandate was proclaimed, Gregory solicited the aid of some friendly merchants to convey him in a basket beyond the gates of Rome, and modestly concealed himself some days among the woods and mountains, till his retreat was discovered, as it is said, by a celestial light.