proclamatory, a.
(prəʊˈklæmətərɪ)
[f. L. prōclāmātor: see prec. and -ory.]
1. That proclaims or makes public announcement.
| 1636 Jackson Creed viii. xii. §11 Hee uttered it, voce magnâ, with a proclamatory voice. 1830 Westm. Rev. Oct. 452 The honourable..gentleman would of course make a speech declaratory and proclamatory of his disinterestedness. 1884 St. James' Gaz. 1 May 8/1 The thunder of the proclamatory cannon. |
2. Of, pertaining to, like, or of the nature of a proclamation.
| 1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 90, I wrote..a short notice in the fly-leaf of my pocket-book, setting forth, in proclamatory style, ‘who I was, and what was to be done with my body, in case it should be found’. 1882 T. Hardy Two on Tower III. iv. 55 To make due preparation for a wedding of ordinary publicity..with..a bonfire, and other of those proclamatory accessories. |