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promulgation|prɒməlˈgeɪʃən, prəʊ-|
[a. F. promulgation (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. prōmulgātiōn-em, n. of action f. prōmulgāre: see promulge.]
The action of promulgating or fact of being promulgated; publication.
1604R. Cawdrey Table Alph., Promulgation, publishing openly, or proclaiming. 1613Jackson Creed i. To Rdr. d iij, Extant in the age immediately following the Gospels promulgation. 1794Sullivan View Nat. V. 394 Before the promulgation of Christianity, the world was infinitely divided on this important head. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India I. 173 The promulgation of these designs went far to effect their fulfilment. 1858Buckle Civiliz. (1869) II. v. 233 They felt themselves bound to prevent its promulgation.
b. spec. The official publication of a new law, decree, ordinance, etc., putting it into effect.
1618Bolton Florus (1636) 22 The day of promulgation of the Law was come. 1699Burnet 39 Art. xxvii. (1700) 304 The preaching of the Apostles was of the nature of a Promulgation made by Heraulds. 1867Smiles Huguenots Eng. viii. (1880) 131 One of Henry's..greatest acts was the promulgation..of the celebrated Edict of Nantes. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xv. 205 note, The Writ of 1217 for the promulgation of the Charter orders the sheriff to publish it, ‘in pleno comitatu [etc.]’.
attrib.1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) II. 672 The use of promulgation paper, provided with a printed border, presenting, in tenor or in the way of reference, such dispositions of law as are applicable to the subject. |