A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.

Something that is proclaimed (applied either to its substance or its form). Originally: a formal order issued by a monarch or other legal authority…

Authoritative or official utterance, as of a sentence, decree, etc.; declaration; proclamation.

The action of pronouncing something authoritatively; public proclamation or declaration; an instance of this; = pronouncement, n. 1.

gen. The action or an act of announcing, proclaiming, or declaring something, esp. a coming event or imminent arrival; an announcement. Now archaic.

A public statement, in speech or writing, giving information or notification about something; a piece of news or information delivered publicly…

A notice or sign, printed or handwritten on one side and posted up on a wall, window, etc., or otherwise publicly displayed; (later also) a sign…

Scottish. = placard, n. 5. Obsolete.

A public proclamation.

An announcement to be publicly read. Obsolete.

A proclamation or public statement as embodied in a document, instrument, or public act.

An instance of this, a public notice or announcement, now esp. one advertising goods or services. Cf. commercial, n. 2.

An account, a speech; an announcement. Cf. narration, n. 1a.

A public declaration, originally of political allegiance; (more generally) a pronouncement, a proclamation.