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acclamation

[ak-luh-mey-shuhn] / ˌæk ləˈmeɪ ʃən /


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Westminster Abbey has released the words and music of the Vivat acclamations and, for the first time, they will be sung by girls as well as boys.

From BBC • May 4, 2023

“Joyful acclamations at Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem, followed by his humiliation.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2019

The choir’s music list includes arrangements of “Simple Gifts” and “Zion’s Walls” by American composer Aaron Copland, songs by Argentine composer Pablo Sosa, as well as Latin acclamations and hymns.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2015

Unfortunately for graphologists, the letters are mostly typed, with only the acclamations and sign-offs in Charles’s handwriting, as with this example in a letter from Charles to prime minister Tony Blair in 2004.

From The Guardian • May 13, 2015

The old army of Italy was drawn up in proud array to receive its youthful general, and they greeted him with the most enthusiastic acclamations.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various




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