单词 | acclamation |
释义 | acclamation —acclamatory /euh klam"euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. /ak'leuh may"sheuhn/, n. 1. a loud shout or other demonstration of welcome, goodwill, or approval. 2. act of acclaiming. 3. Liturgy, a brief responsive chant in antiphonal singing. 4. Eccles. response (def. 3a). 5. by acclamation, by an oral vote, often unanimous, expressing approval by shouts, hand-clapping, etc., rather than by formal ballot. [1535-45; < L acclamation- (s. of acclamatio) a shouting, equiv. to acclamat(us) (ptp. of acclamare; see ACCLAIM, -ATE1) + -ion- -ION] |
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