different between petition vs proclamation

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??t?.??n/

Noun

petition (plural petitions)

1. A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
2. A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.

3. (law) A formal written request for judicial action.
4. A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.

   • A house of prayer and petition for thy people.

Translations

Verb

petition (third-person singular simple present petitions, present participle petitioning, simple past and past participle petitioned)

1. (transitive) To make a request to, commonly in written form.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English proclamacion, from Anglo-Norman and Old French proclamacion, from Late Latin procl?m?ti?, from the verb Latin pr?cl?m?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??kl??me???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??kl??me???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: proc?la?ma?tion

Noun

proclamation (countable and uncountable, plural proclamations)

1. A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement.

Related terms

• proclaim

Translations

Anagrams

• prolactinoma

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin procl?m?ti?, procl?m?ti?nem, from Latin procl?m?.

Pronunciation

Noun

proclamation f (plural proclamations)

1. proclamation; announcement

Related terms

• proclamer