PROCLA'IM, v.t. [L. proclamo; pro and clamo, to cry out. See Claim.]
1. To promulgate; to announce; to publish; as, to proclaim a fast; to proclaim a feast. Lev 23. 1 Ki 21.
He hath sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives. Isa 61.
2. To denounce; to give official notice of. Heralds were formerly employed to proclaim war.
3. To declare with honor; as, to proclaim the name of the Lord, that is, to declare his perfections. Exo 33.
4. To utter openly; to make public. Some profligate wretches openly proclaim their atheism.
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness. Prov 20.
5. To outlaw by public denunciation.
I heard myself proclaimed.
