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Noun: promulgation  `pró-mul'gey-shun
  1. A public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
    "the promulgation was written in English"
    - announcement
     
  2. The official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect
     
  3. The formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice
    "his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature"
    - proclamation

Derived forms: promulgations

See also: promulgate

Type of: act, announcement, annunciation, declaration, deed, human action, human activity, proclamation, statement

Encyclopedia: Promulgation