(n.) an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier.
Example Sentences:
(1) Visiting town criers, before their competition outside the Bulls Head, walk by in ceremonial dress, carrying bells.
(2) Significant differences were seen between the two groups, 'the criers' group of pairs interacting less (P less than 0.01) and were less responsive to their partners (P less than 0.01); the most marked difference being the percentage of overtures made by the 'cryer' babies which were not responded to by their mothers (P = 0.001).
(3) Storytelling is important, whether it's a ruddy and robust town crier or Homer (I mean the Greek one but the other one counts too).
(4) Rather than endorsing strategies that target individuals, mothers suggested increasing the level of social control exerted by decision makers in their communities (the village chief could direct the town crier to announce the passing of each week to help parents keep track of time between immunizations) and increasing the level of social support by having a meeting to support the importance of completing the vaccination series and to organize mothers who go to the clinic to inform others in their neighborhoods about vaccination.
(5) Health workers and a traditional communication channel, the 'town-crier', also played significant roles.
(6) Some difficulties encountered were lack of financing for the program (cancelled in 1984), informing villages by local news criers, selecting candidates, and handling social conflicts.
(7) And that's the dilemma: press the panic button too early and you risk being labelled a wolf-crier.
(8) We probably all know a few pre-Games humbug-criers – shouting themselves hoarse in stadiums or rapt and sometimes in tears in front of the TV – who have looked like Scrooge on Christmas morning in the last few weeks.
(9) Mick Jagger's brother, Chris Jagger, and the Wells town crier, Len Sweales, are also appearing.
Proclamation
Definition:
(n.) The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
(n.) That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Canada poised to pass anti-terror legislation despite widespread outrage Read more Among other effects, Alberta’s unexpected revolution casts a shadow over the federal government’s imminent proclamation of sweeping new anti-terrorism legislation , which has provoked opposition from all corners of the political landscape.
(2) That's true of Dawkins' proclamation that "[I] often say Islam [is the] greatest force for evil today."
(3) Some 318 rebels died and 2,217 were wounded; the British army saw 125 killed and 368 wounded; 90 rebels were sentenced to death in an immediate court martial and 15 of those executed, including all seven signatories of the Easter Monday proclamation (the report below erroneously reports that some had been killed in the fighting).
(4) The Ethiopian Mining Proclamation states that the government requests 5% free equity shares with every licensed mining company operating in the country, as well as 35% income tax and 8% royalties.
(5) They were shocked at the king’s proclamations for independence and had tired of his requests that they remove their shoes during royal visits.
(6) Despite constant proclamations surrounding the death of privacy, reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated.
(7) In 2009, parliament passed the charities and societies proclamation , which placed restrictive regulations on non-government organisations, including limitations on foreign funding.
(8) Obama administration rushes to protect public lands before Trump takes office Read more “The traditional ecological knowledge amassed by the Native Americans whose ancestors inhabited this region, passed down from generation to generation, offers critical insight into the historic and scientific significance of the area,” the president’s proclamation said .
(9) Uneven performance The proclamation by Sir Michael Wilshaw, chief inspector of schools in England, of an "unprecedented improvement" in schools' Ofsted results will have been cheered by many.
(10) • In a presidential proclamation Barack Obama said it was "not enough to reflect with pride on the victories of the civil rights movement".
(11) The Republican president also broke from Barack Obama’s practice of issuing a proclamation in honor of Pride Month.
(12) Historians now tell us that there was a tussle to have women included so pointedly in the proclamation.
(13) Blair, who converted to Catholicism to join the same faith as his wife Cherie, added: "One of the things I loved about meeting such people in office was their unashamed proclamation of their faith."
(14) "They will have had to issue a proclamation in the government gazette specifying it.
(15) He read the proclamation for a new state and held the building until he was forced to evacuate.
(16) Bibi’s zero-tolerance proclamation was the modern equivalent of King Canute standing at the shoreline and commanding the waves to turn back.
(17) However, such a proclamation does not lay out a blueprint for housing the homeless child, or for building safe public transport for the 20-something journalist who works at my magazine.
(18) The governor general did so in a proclamation on Monday, proroguing parliament on 15 April for a new session to begin on 18 April.
(19) Still, I am uncomfortable with all the eulogising that's going on, the strident proclamations that only evil people or dupes could imagine that there is any need for reform.
(20) President Ram Baran Yadav signed the constitution and made the proclamation, setting off a roar of applause from members of the constituent assembly in Kathmandu.