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conclamation|kɒnkləˈmeɪʃən|
[ad. L. conclāmātiōn-em, n. of action f. conclāmāre: see prec.]
1. A loud calling out of many together; esp. of loud lamentation for the dead.
1627May Lucan ii. 23 Such a silent woe..Before his funerall conclamation. 1705T. Greenhill Art Embalm. 57 (T.) The Romans used conclamation, or a general outcry, set up at equal intervals before the corps, by persons who waited there on purpose. 1836Lane Mod. Egypt. (1849) II. xv. 286 Many of the females of the neighbourhood, hearing the conclamation, come to unite with them in this melancholy task [bewailing the dead].
†2. A shout of approval or disapproval. Obs.
1651Howell Venice 115 This..was answer'd with applauses and wonderfull conclamations. 1680Allen Peace & Unity 94 The fore-mentioned repetitions, abruptions, responses, and conclamations. 1726Amherst Terræ Fil. xxii. 116 They were continually insulted with loud peals of hisses and conclamations of down with the Roundheads. Ibid. xxxviii. 206 Amidst the insults and conclamations of a rascally mob. |