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proclamation
edict
The root word of "proclamation" is "claim," which comes from the Latin word "clamare," meaning "to cry out."
Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory.
ukase, edict
The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the South. To emancipate means to free a single or group of people. This was done in an attempt to further disrupt and destroy the Confederation by releasing their main workers.
"Decree" is itself a six-letter word, meaning "proclamation" or "edict".
The Proclamation of 1763
No, "proclamation" is a noun.
"Symbolic shadow" is a metaphor meaning that "our" lives have been greatly affected by the beliefs and deeds - particularly the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation - of that great American.
Emancipation proclamation