pronunciamento
a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
Origin of pronunciamento
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How to use pronunciamento in a sentence
We never met without issuing a pronunciamento on some question.
Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 | Elizabeth Cady StantonThose who were delaying the pronunciamento had to give it their support, however much they considered it inexpedient.
The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon | Jos Maria GordonCastillo prepared to resist the pronunciamento and march against the troops at Murviedro.
The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon | Jos Maria GordonHe delivered the commonplace pronunciamento in a tone which would have conveyed much to a mountain man.
The Man from the Bitter Roots | Caroline LockhartIt is seen to be a power existing in pronunciamento only, It has never won a field.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Five | Abraham Lincoln
British Dictionary definitions for pronunciamento
/ (prəˌnʌnsɪəˈmɛntəʊ) /
an edict, proclamation, or manifesto, esp one issued by rebels in a Spanish-speaking country
an authoritarian announcement
Origin of pronunciamento
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