2. Verb. (past of acclaim) ¹
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Definition of Acclaimed
1. acclaim [v] - See also: acclaim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acclaimed
Literary usage of Acclaimed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1907)
"... is the capital and metropolis of a State now acclaimed all over the enlightened '
world for the number and the industry of its men and women of letters, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"These documents were acclaimed by the council, and accepted by George, the new
Patriarch of Constantinople and his suffragans. Macarius had appealed to ..."
3. Cavour and the Making of Modern Italy, 1810-1861 by Pietro ORSI (1914)
"... 1861: free Church in free State—Rome acclaimed capital by Parliament—Painful
dissension between Garibaldi and Cavour; their reconciliation—Death of the ..."
4. Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829 by Robert Walsh (1831)
"Dom Pedro acclaimed Constitutional Emperor.—Inconsistent with the Declarations
to his Father.—Lord Cochrane invited from Chile. —Proceeds against Bahia ..."
5. The Garter Mission to Japan (1906)
"which he was acclaimed with enthusiasm. When the new Government was formed, a
Kuge, Sanjo Daijo Daijin, became Prime Minister : other high offices of state ..."
6. Expository sermons on the New Testament by William Alexander (1885)
"... in abject shame in the outer darkness, while the poor slave may be acclaimed
of angels, and tread— " The heavenly Jerusalem's rejoicing streets. ..."
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