promulgations
Formal public declarations
Promulgations are official announcements or declarations, especially of laws, decrees, or doctrines.
The word carries formal weight—governments issue promulgations, religious authorities promulgate teachings.
More broadly, any wide dissemination of ideas or information: The promulgations of the new policy reached every department.
The singular promulgation refers to the act itself or a single instance.
Official enactment of statutes
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- enactmentsLaws formally passed
- ordinancesLocal government rules
decrees · edicts · codes · amendments · charters · bylaws · ratification · mandates
Formal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- noticeBecome aware of
- communiqueOfficial public announcement
- bulletinBrief public announcement
statement · notification · pronouncement · edict · manifesto · dispatch · advisory · briefing
Established body of teachings
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
precept · teaching · catechism · encyclical · fatwa · decree · synod · ecclesiastical
Transmitted media signal
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
- publicizingMaking information widely known
- circulationMovement through a system
- distributionAllocation across recipients
spreading · transmission · announcement · publishing · propagation · communication · disclosure · release
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- enactmentsLaws formally passed
ordinances · decrees · edicts · codes · amendments · charters · bylaws · ratification · mandates · directives
declaration
Formal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- noticeBecome aware of
- communiqueOfficial public announcement
bulletin · statement · notification · pronouncement · edict · manifesto · dispatch · advisory · briefing · decree
doctrine
Established body of teachings
tenet · precept · teaching · catechism · encyclical · fatwa · decree · synod · ecclesiastical · apostolic
broadcast
Transmitted media signal
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
- publicizingMaking information widely known
- circulationMovement through a system
distribution · spreading · transmission · announcement · publishing · propagation · communication · disclosure · release · diffusion
promulgationssuppressions
Acts of forcibly subduing
concealments · cover-ups · withholdings · classified documents · redactions
promulgationsrescissions
Formal annulments of agreements
revocations · annulments · abolitions · nullifications · withdrawals