Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of publishing or proclaiming; public exposure.
- noun An official notice made by a town clerk or other civil or clerical official of an intended marriage; a publishing of the banns of marriage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of making publicly known; publication.
- noun U.S. A public notice of intended marriage, required by the laws of some States.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or process of making
publicly known;publication . - noun US A public
notice of intendedmarriage , required by thelaws of somestates .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We will let you all know if we get in the top three, thank you for the publishment.
Unfinished Belgian Bell Tower Sprouts a Solar Powered Twin | Inhabitat 2010
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So, when different marriage dates appear in the IGI, recorded in different towns, often one of the records is a date of publishment or certification of intentions.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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So, in Greenwood a publishment — a publication of intentions — was entered on the books:
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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Just wondering, since in my best fantasies of eventual publishment my daydreams become nightmares of taxes, insurance, and the evil IRS boojums.
Archive 2006-01-29 Miss Snark 2006
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It is therefore with an expression of regret that the Riksdag has learned from the publishment of the Protocol drawn up in Joint Swedish and
The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis A History with Documents Karl Nordlund
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Nouns formed from verbs by adding the French suffix - ment, as publishment, releasement, requirement.
Chapter 1. Introductory. 6. The Materials of the Inquiry Henry Louis 1921
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Fowler, in 1850, cited publishment and releasement with no apparent thought that they were uncouth.
Chapter 3. The Period of Growth. 3. The Expanding Vocabulary Henry Louis 1921
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After a while I got one of the students to write a publishment, and sent it to the Rev.Mr. M.; he did not read it the next Sabbath, as was customary, and I went to see him.
Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time 1855
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Elvira being examined apart, in like manner, declared that her intended husband's impatience and her own dislike to the formality of a publishment, had led them to avoid the usual mode and forms of marriage.
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After a while I got one of the students to write a publishment, and sent it to the Rev.Mr. M.; he did not
Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. Written by Himself 1825
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