proclaimed, ppl. a.
(prəʊˈkleɪmd)
[-ed1.]
1. Publicly and officially announced; publicly declared; designated in a proclamation.
| 1603 Dekker Wonderfull Yeare C j, The holesome receipt of a proclaymed King. 1681 E. Murphy State Ireland §7 Bryan Micardle, a proclaimed Tory. 1826 Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 526 Trained up in such a principle of proclaimed intolerance. |
2. Of a district: Placed by proclamation under special legal restrictions; of a meeting, etc.: Prohibited by proclamation. See proclaim v. 2 e, f.
| 1881 Act 44 & 45 Vict. c. 5 §1 In a proclaimed district a person shall not carry or have any arms or ammunition save as authorised by the conditions set forth in the proclamation herein-after mentioned. 1882 Ann. Reg. 65 The bill proposed that in proclaimed districts the police should have power to search for implements of crime. |