† proclaimn.
Obsolete (in later use poetic).
The action of proclaiming; proclamation; an instance of this.
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society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun]
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1461 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 142 Than the suttis callyt Pat Kello efter lang lentht of tym bydin efter a proclam maid at the dur gaif that for dom.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. vii. 12 Quhen the herald had maid his proclame, He tuke his leif, & syne he sped him hame.
1788 T. Taylor Diss. Platonic Doctr. Ideas in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. p. lxii Axioms derive all their authority from intrinsic approbation, and not from public proclaim.
1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i, in Lamia & Other Poems 152 Voices of soft proclaim, and silver stir Of strings in hollow shells.
1861 E. Atherstone Israel in Egypt xvi. 262 Such the proclaim Of glory and good to all of Hebrew race, On that glad morning.
a1880 T. T. Stoddart Crown Jewel (1898) v. v The murderous dagger and the headsman's weapon..Are brought to bear and silently are loud In their proclaim of an o'erruling Power.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
proclaimv.
/prəˈkleɪm/, U.S. /prəˈkleɪm/, /proʊˈkleɪm/ I. To declare a fact, event, decree, etc. publicly.
1. transitive. To declare publicly; to make known aloud or openly; to publish. Also with clause or direct speech as object.
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society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)]
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]
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to send abroad1681
to get abroad1688
to take out1697
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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2772 Whanne he made a governour..He wolde ferst enquere his name, And let it openly proclame What man he were, or evel or good.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 3583 (MED) Wile ȝe þat j to my brothir vter proclame what man ȝe ben and what is ȝoure name?
a1500 Gesta Romanorum (Gloucester) (1971) 736 (MED) Ihesu criste..hatz..proclamade a generalle feste..The blysse of þe kyngdome of heven.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxxvij v They..haue openly proclaimed that nothing be said a misse against him.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. v. 204 It shalbe expedient that these our wrytings be euery where proclaimed.
1651 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 308 For the maisseris dinner efter their proclaming the acts of parliament.
1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iii, in Occas. Refl. sig. F1 If..the Man is happy whose sins God is pleas'd to cover; what may that Man be accounted, whose Graces he vouchsafes to proclaim?
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 857 In vain thy creatures testify of thee, Till Thou proclaim thyself.
1867 J. Martineau Ess. II. 3 Sir John Herschel..proclaims the need of a better logic.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §5. 250 He proclaims a righteous life to be better than a host of indulgences.
1924 R. B. Mowat Diplom. Napoleon xiii. 132 Bonaparte had ushered in the Empire by proclaiming his contempt for the law of nations.
1968 P. Brook Empty Space iv. 109 Every now and then an actor turns up who proclaims that directors are unnecessary.
2002 Times 21 Feb. ii. 11/1 The Princeton principal..obligingly proclaims: ‘You do realise that this flies in the face of 150 years of economic theory!’
2. † b. transitive. Law. to proclaim a fine: to read a fine (fine n.1 9) in open court in order to make it more public and less liable to be levied by fraud. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To make official announcement of (something), esp. by word of mouth in some public place; to cause this to be done by another. Also with clause as object.
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society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)]
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?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 2 He..wil make it to ben cryed & pronounced in the myddel place of a town, so þat the thing þat is proclamed..may euenly strecche to all parties.
c1453 (c1437) Brut (Harl. 53) 538 (MED) At which parlement were proclame þe gret iniuries and wronges þat was done be the Kyng of Fraunce.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 577 The pardon that the legat hadde graunted and proclaymed thourgh all cristindom.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxxvi. 22 He caused it be proclamed thorow out all his empyre.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 290 Jn haist the Nobilitie proclames a conuentioune in Skune, to sett another in his place.
1611 Bible (King James) Jonah iii. 5 The people of Nineueh..proclaimed a fast. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 754 The winged Haralds..with..Trumpets sound..proclaim A solemn Councel forthwith to be held At Pandæmonium. View more context for this quotation
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature vi. 143 A lie is as much a lie, when it is whispered, as when it is proclaimed at the market-cross.
1776 Pennsylvania Gaz. 27 Mar. Notice shall be given in Writing, and shall be proclaimed in the most public Places of the said city..of the Time and Place of such Election.
1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks ii. ii. 112 His titles were proclaimed by the voice of heralds and the applause of the Moslem.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 30 Then Yniol's nephew, after trumpet blown,..proclaim'd, ‘Advance and take as fairest of the fair,..The prize of beauty.’
1949 V. S. Reid New Day i. 3 Tomorrow I will go with Garth to the city to hear King George's man proclaim from the square that now Jamaica-men will begin to govern themselves.
1991 B. E. Close Judaism v. 43 A royal edict was proclaimed proscribing all Jewish practices and observances on pain of death.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or act as judge [verb (intransitive)] > conclude case of cognizance
to proclaim a fine1483
1483–4 Act 1 Rich. III c. 7 §1 Þe Iustices of Assisez..do rede & proclayme the seid fyne openly and solemply in euery their Cession of Assises to be holde the same yere.
1792 R. Foley Pract. Court of Great Sessions for Carmarthen, Pembroke, & Cardigan 101 The Secondary will proclaim the Fine the two following Sessions, and the Prothonotary will duly indorse such Proclamation on the Back of the Inrolment.
c. transitive. to proclaim war: to make public declaration of war against another power (also with †between, †to); to declare war (also in figurative contexts). to proclaim peace: to declare the cessation of war.
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society > armed hostility > war > wage war [verb (intransitive)] > declare war
to proclaim warc1485
to declare war1552
society > armed hostility > peace > be at peace [verb (intransitive)] > declare peace
to proclaim peace1617
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 152 And quhen the weris ar jugit opinly tobe rychtwis, and brokyn vp, and proclamyt, betuix the twa realmes.
1496–7 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 12 §6 Yf Warre be reared levyed and proclaymed betwene the seid realmes.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclxix Sebastian..proclameth warre to the Duke of Saxons people.
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. ii. 11 Sodainly they proclaimed open Warres against the Megarenses.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 185 A French Gentleman..the same day had there proclaimed Peace.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 107 The spumy Waves proclaim the watry War. And mounting upwards, with a mighty Roar, March onwards, and insult the rocky shoar. View more context for this quotation
1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle v. 91 I'll renounce Womankind, and proclaim War upon the whole Sex.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxiv. 298 The executive power proclaims war and peace.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 95 From far The rumor'd leagues proclaim approaching war.
1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) App. ii. 411 The King in England can proclaim war, but without the sanction of Parliament his proclamation must immediately be retracted.
1908 O. Wilde Vera ii. 204 Czar... From this day I proclaim war against the people.
1971 Times 14 July 12/1 U Thant may warn against annexation..and the Arab states proclaim a holy war.
1992 L. LaPierre Canada my Canada iv. 55 The governor general proclaimed the peace, offered himself as their protector and mediator, and begged them to live as brothers.
d. transitive. To publish (the banns of marriage). Also figurative. Cf. sense 6b.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > official announcements, permission, or records > official announcements [verb (intransitive)] > proclaim banns
to ask (also bid, publish, put up) the bannsc1440
proclaim1562
bid the banns1598
shout1895
1562 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews 146 Efter thai hed desyrit thar bannis to have beyn proclamit in this kyrk.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 16 Hee'll wooe a thousand, point the day of marriage..and proclaime the banes. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Cockburn Continuation Hist. Relation Late Gen. Assembly Scotl. 74 The Banns of Marriage, were proclaimed in the Meeting-house, and he was Married by the Presbyterian Minister.
1709 W. Steuart Collections II. v If parties delay their marriage forty days after proclamation,..after banns have been lawfully proclaimed..marriage without proclamation is discharged, as having dangerous effects.
1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. i. vi. §10. 88 The council of Trent..ordained bans to be proclaimed on three successive holidays, in the parish church or churches of the persons contracting.
1838 T. De Quincey Wks. (1863) XV. 43 (note) The three Sundays on which the banns were proclaimed by the clergyman from the reading-desk.
1898 Tit-Bits 1 Oct. 1/1 The minister, after proclaiming the banns of matrimony between a young couple [etc.].
1918 Times 5 Mar. 3/3 It is my wish that any incumbent of the diocese should comply with a request duly made to him to proclaim banns.
1964 J. H. S. Reid et al. Source-bk. Canad. Hist. (rev. ed.) 174 Whether the Sheriff was discharging the unusual duty of proclaiming the banns between two colonies or the less pleasing one of reading a death warrant.
2001 Texas Monthly (Nexis) Jan. 174 Not everyone will opt for a skydiving ceremony or have an Elvis impersonator proclaim the banns.
3. intransitive. To make a proclamation or public announcement. Also figurative.
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society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (intransitive)]
proclaima1470
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 446 He proclaymed in all Cornwayle of all the aventures of thes two knyghtes, and so was hit opynly knowyn.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iv. 23 But that her tender shame Will not proclaime against her maiden losse, How might she tongue me? View more context for this quotation
a1723 G. Whitehead Christian Progress (1725) i. 40 Such Practices are disliked in all, and proclaimed against.
a1851 D. M. Moir Poet. Wks. (1852) II. 230 The cherry proclaims of cloudless weather, When its fruit and the blackbirds will toy together.
1894 Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 10 Jan. More than one president has officially proclaimed against this calamitous evil.
1907 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 10 June 7/4 The church proclaimed against polygamy.
1932 C. A. Beard America Faces Future i. ix. 99 The prosperity of which our government has so blatantly proclaimed.
2001 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 24 Mar. a6/3 The governor proclaimed in favor of everybody on all sides.
4.
a. transitive. figurative. Of a thing: to make known or manifest; to be evidence or an indication of, demonstrate; to reveal as; to show or prove to be.
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society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]
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1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. liii. 111 The true beliefe which maketh a man happie proclaymeth iointly God and man.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 72 The apparell oft proclaimes the man.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. ii. 38 Many other Euidences, proclayme her,..to be the Kings Daughter. View more context for this quotation
a1678 A. Marvell Bermudas in Misc. Poems (1681) 11 He..makes the hollow Seas, that roar, Proclaime the Ambergris on shoar.
c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 242 His steps proclaim no lover's haste.
1757 T. Gray Ode II iii. ii, in Odes 19 Her eye proclaims her of the Briton-Line.
1764 G. Grenville Wallet 19 This was apparent upon the face of the advertisement... The advertisement proclaimed it.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 11 Then did his silence long proclaim A struggle between fear and shame.
1873 T. Hardy Pair of Blue Eyes I. ii. 12 The wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant vegetation than had hitherto surrounded them proclaimed an increased richness of soil.
1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies x. 180 Their clothes and demeanour proclaimed them as belonging to the middle rank.
1955 S. Wilson Man in Grey Flannel Suit (1956) i. 3 The ragged lawn and weed-filled garden proclaimed to passers-by and the neighbours that Thomas R. Rath and his family disliked ‘working around the place’.
1986 A. Massie Colette iv. 78 His birth, character and history all proclaimed him to be a masterful man.
b. transitive. Of a notice, signboard, poster, etc.: to display (a form of words) as a public announcement or advertisement; to provide (information) for the public.
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1825 Times 10 Oct. 3/5 In a late Oxford paper we saw the advertisement of this deluded fanatic, which proclaimed his cruel desertion.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xiii. 162 The inscription on the window shutter..proclaimed those viands to be ‘Good entertainment for Travellers’.
1879 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 4/1 The dismal-looking houses, over the doors of which a sign proclaims ‘Chambres Meublées et Pension’.
1934 L. D. Wald Windows on Henry Street xii. 302 At Carnegie Hall in New York, under a banner proclaiming ‘Democracy Versus Militarism’, we launched our effort to put before the country ‘the truth about preparedness’.
1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 223 ‘The Herring Mavin Strikes Again!’ proclaimed the caption.
1996 L. Al-Hafidh et al. Europe: Rough Guide (ed. 3) II. xii. 631 The Belváros positively revels in its cosmopolitanism, with..posters proclaiming the arrival of western films and rock groups.
II. To declare a person or thing to be something.
5. transitive. With object and complement: to declare officially or publicly (a person or thing) to be something.
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society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)] > announce or proclaim a person as
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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1318 (MED) His herbe is Anabulla named, Which is of gret vertu proclamed.
c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 35 (MED) Wheþer..my dampnacioun Haþ righted hem þat traytores were proclamed?
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble One Archbold Armestrong wich was proclaymed a Rebell to the Kyng and Realme of Englonde.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxlv At this Parliament the Kyng was Proclaymed kyng of Irelande, whiche name his predecessors neuer had.
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy 92 The nature of his offices..and the whole exigence of the Epistle proclaime him Bishop.
1673 E. Settle Empress of Morocco v. 62 They paid to him what to their King they owe; And proudly now aloud proclaim him so.
1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 2 They proclaim you to be Rebels to God.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. ii. 145 [They] loudly and universally proclamed Cicero the first Consul.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiv. 204 When he found himself proclaimed a traitor.
1917 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 310 Yiddish was solemnly proclaimed the Jewish national language.
1970 C. Hill God's Englishman v. 142 On the next day, 16 December, Oliver Cromwell was proclaimed Lord Protector.
2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 277/2 Satguru, in Hinduism, one who is proclaimed to be the ‘Highest Master’.
6.
a. transitive. To declare (a person) to be a rebel or outlaw; to denounce. Also (Scottish) †intransitive with against (obsolete). Now rare.
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society > authority > punishment > outlawry > outlaw [verb (transitive)]
outlawOE
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to declare a person a fugitive1752
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > denounce [verb (transitive)]
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to cry shame on, upon, of1600
to call down1605
to declaim against1611
declaim1614
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mouth1743
a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 201 Throw all cuntreis and kinrikis thame proclame.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 194 Maximus..be a heralde of armes denounces weiris, and proclaymes against Eugenie, except he forgyue al Jniure..committed..against him.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 167 I heare my selfe proclaim'd, And by the happie hollow of a tree Escapt the hunt.
1696 J. Moore Banner of Corah, Dathan, & Abiram, Display'd 51 God Rejected them, and calls them grievious Revolters,..and at last Proclaims them by the Mouth of the Prophet.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. ix. 268 I know and will proclaim you to the world.
1917 Times 4 Apr. 7/3 One of the first executive acts of Mr. Lloyd George's Government was to proclaim the Liverpool boilermakers, who were on strike, under the Munitions Act.
1977 Listener (N. Z.) 15 Jan. 14/2 A bushranger proclaimed under the act was literally outside the law—anyone who came across him was entitled to shoot him on the spot.
b. transitive. More generally: to give public notice of the status of someone or something; spec. (a) †to declare (something) as lost or found (obsolete) (historical in later use); (b) (Scottish) to announce a forthcoming marriage between (parties) (cf. sense 2d).
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society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)] > as lost, found, etc.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > official announcements, permission, or records > official announcements [verb (transitive)] > proclaim (banns) > proclaim (people or their names)
proclaim1530
publish1651
to call (a couple or person) home1653
cry1775
shout1895
1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xlviii. f. cxxiiiv Where beestes straye awaye..and they be taken vp and proclaymyd.
1588 in R. M. Fergusson Alex. Hume (1899) 182 Johnne..and Margaret..desyrit me..to proclame the said persones in this paroche kirk according to the order.
1676 Cullen Kirk Session Rec. 9 Apr. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue James Morison & Margaret Shepherd..being booked and proclaimed in order to marriage.
1775 D. Barrington Observ. Magna Charta (ed. 3) 259 The last chapter relates to the claiming of a stray hawk, and directs, that it shall be carried to the sheriff of the county, who is to proclaim it in all the principal towns..and to keep the falcon for four months.
1825 Times 19 Nov. 3/3 There are always more persons proclaimed at the time of the 'preachings' than at any other period of the year.
1892 B. Potter Jrnl. 12 Oct. (1966) 281 They were proclaimed next Sunday in Caputh church, and had a fine wedding on board ship at Glasgow.
1945 J. T. Cox Pract. Church Scotl. 588 The Minister or Session Clerk receiving the application shall enter the names, designations, and places of residence of the persons to be proclaimed.
1993 Jrnl. Social Hist. (Nexis) 22 June 845 In November 1761, also in Dundee, John Cooper and Isobell Kyd had been contracted and then proclaimed three times.
c. transitive. To declare officially and publicly the accession of (a monarch).
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society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > take office [verb (transitive)] > proclaim accession of ruler
proclaim1649
1649 (title) Prince Charles proclaimed King.
1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 169 All the Nobility, Privy-Counsellors and Gentry..went thence, and proclaimed the King at Charing-Cross, Denmark-house, Temple-Bar, [etc.].
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 309 I dare say he did with his heart, as well as by his tongue, quit that party the very day that the King was proclaimed.
1714 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. c3 Aug. (1965) I. 213 I went..to day to see the K[ing] proclaim'd.
1776 J. Macpherson Hist. Great Brit. I. (ed. 2) ix. 593 On the eleventh of April, the King and Queen were proclaimed at Edinburgh.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 588 On the morning of the twentieth of June he was proclaimed in the market place of Taunton.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §2. 354 The new sovereign was proclaimed on Edward's death.
1902 E. Emerson Hist. 19th Cent. I. 242 On March 20, a new king was proclaimed in Madrid.
1952 Times 9 Feb. 6/3 The Queen was proclaimed in Cardiff at a ceremony in front of the City Hall.
2003 A. H. Nelson Monstrous Adversary lxxxi. 410 We may infer that he remained in Hackney as the new king was proclaimed.
d. transitive. To place (a district, county, etc.) under legal restrictions by proclamation (esp. under the provisions of various Acts relating to Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries). Now historical.
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society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > place area under legal restriction
proclaim1798
1796 Act more effectually to suppress Insurrections (36 Geo. III, c.20) 30 The Lord Lieutenant and Council may proclaim such County or Part thereof to be in a State of Disturbance.]
1798 Earl of Clare Speech House of Lords of Ireland 19 Feb. 56 Magistrates who first memorialed the Lord Lieutenant and Council to proclaim the county under the insurrection act.
1811 F. Plowden Hist. Ireland 1801–10 III. v. 565 An act was therefore passed by the Irish Parliament, in the year 1796, to prevent unlawful assemblies, and to authorize the Lord Lieutenant, on a report of the magistrates, to proclaim any county, where disturbances existed.
1822 Annual Reg. 1821 Hist. vii. 129/1 The Irish privy council immediately resolved to proclaim the district.
1885 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. 5/2 In the interest of trade we stamp out other diseases of animals, not scrupling to ‘proclaim’ whole counties, and put the community to serious inconvenience for the general good.
1905 Times 5 July 7/5 On September 1, 1902, the Coercian Act..was suddenly put in force over a great portion of Ireland. A number of Counties were proclaimed.
1963 L. P. Curtis Coercion & Conciliation in Ireland, 1880–92 x. 183 The Irish Privy Council immediately proclaimed eighteen counties under the first four sections of the act and partially proclaimed thirteen others.
1994 W. E. Vaughan Landlords & Tenants in Mid-Victorian Ireland vi. 141 The Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Act, 1847, allowed the lord-lieutenant to ‘proclaim’ disorderly districts and to move extra police into them.
e. transitive. To denounce or prohibit by proclamation; to forbid publicly. rare.
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proclaim1888
1888 Sat. Rev. 14 Apr. 444/2 O, meet me by moonlight alone, Since our meetings by day are proclaimed.
1979 Southern Star (County Cork, Ireland) 29 Sept. 21/8 The play was proclaimed by the British authorities and the Society decided to produce two one-act sketches instead.
7. transitive. In South Africa: to designate (a specified area) as reserved for the exclusive use of a particular ethnic group; cf. proclaimed adj. 2b. Frequently with object complement. Now historical.
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1951 Times 27 Nov. 3/2 Mixed areas will each be proclaimed as the future home of one or other of the racial groups.
1953 Official Yearbk. of Union 1950 (Bureau of Census & Statistics, S. Afr.) 776/2 It may be mentioned expressly that no group area can be proclaimed anywhere until some time after the Act has been brought into operation.
1970 J. Packer Veronica 12 The conversion had been cleverly accomplished when the area, which had till fairly recently been coloured, was proclaimed white.
2002 H. Mostert Constit. Protection & Regulation Property ix. 444 The transfer of the property under a will to the heiress, being of the Indian group, was prohibited when the area was proclaimed a white area under the Group Areas Act.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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