proclamations
Formal public statements
Proclamations is the plural of proclamation—formal public announcements, typically issued by authorities.
A mayor issues a proclamation declaring a holiday; a king's proclamation announces new laws.
The word carries official weight: The governor's proclamation ordered flags at half-staff.
Proclamations can also be emphatic personal declarations: His proclamations about never marrying proved premature.
Public declaration of information
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- declarationFormal public announcement
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- statementExpressed claim or fact
bulletin · communique · notification · dispatch · release · manifesto · notice · public address
Authoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- directiveFormal command or instruction
fiat · dictate · sanction · enforcement · sovereign · imperial · royal · executive
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
herald · fanfare · trumpet · scroll · throne · regalia · pomp · pageantry
Release from legal bondage
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- Magna CartaCharter curbing royal authority
- royal charterMonarch-issued rights document
- papal bullSealed pontifical decree
ukase · rescript · diktat · colonial · wartime · independence · amnesty · martial law
Expressed with force
- assertiveConfidently self-assured
- boldCourageous and daring
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
- declarativeStating rather than asking
grandiloquent · oratorical · thundering · resounding · stirring · rousing · impassioned · vehement
announcement
Public declaration of information
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- declarationFormal public announcement
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
statement · bulletin · communique · notification · dispatch · release · manifesto · notice · public address · posting
decree
Authoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
directive · fiat · dictate · sanction · enforcement · sovereign · imperial · royal · executive · presidential
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
jubilee · herald · fanfare · trumpet · scroll · throne · regalia · pomp · pageantry · royal
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- Magna CartaCharter curbing royal authority
- royal charterMonarch-issued rights document
papal bull · ukase · rescript · diktat · colonial · wartime · independence · amnesty · martial law · curfew
emphatic
Expressed with force
declarative · grandiloquent · oratorical · thundering · resounding · stirring · rousing · impassioned · vehement · urgent
- Colonial Americanacolonial laws, almanacs, Benjamin Franklin, William Bradford, Thomas Paine
- royal decreesroyal decree, royal decrees, decree, decrees, royal edict
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- bulletinsbulletin, bulletins, news bulletin, church bulletin, weather bulletin
- declarationsdeclaration, declarations, announcement, announcements, statement
proclamationswhispers
Speaks very quietly
secrets · murmurs · confidences · classified information · undertones
proclamationsrumors
Unconfirmed circulating stories
gossip · hearsay · speculation · scuttlebutt · conjecture
proclamationssecrets
Concealed information
concealments · hints · insinuations · implications · coded messages
- Emancipation ProclamationExecutive order freeing Confederate slaves
- royal proclamationMonarch's formal public decree
- public proclamationsOfficial statements to all
- presidential proclamationFormal statement by head of state