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Pro*claim"er (?), n. One who proclaims.

Proc`la*ma"tion (?), n. [F. proclamation, L. proclamatio. See Proclaim.]

1. The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.

King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted.

1 Kings xv. 22.

2. That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.

Pro*clit"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; to lean forward; &?; forward + &?; to lean or incline. Cf. Enclitic.] (Gr. Gram.) Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

Pro*clive" (?), a. [L. proclivis sloping, inclined; pro forward + clivus hill: cf. F. proclive. See Declivity, and cf. Proclivous.] Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

Pro*cliv"i*ty (?), n. [L. proclivitas: cf. F. proclivitÈ.]

1. Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. "A proclivity to steal." Abp. Bramhall.

2. Readiness; facility; aptitude.

He had such a dexterous proclivity as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness.

Sir H. Wotton.

Pro*cli"vous (?), a. [L. proclivus. See Proclive.]

1. Inclined; tending by nature. [R.]

2. (Zoˆl.) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.

Pro*cúle" (?), n. [Pref. pro + Gr. &?; hollow.] (Anat.) A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

||Pro*cú"li*a (?), n.; pl. ProcúliÊ (&?;). [ NL.] (Anat.) Same as ||Procúle.

||Pro*cú"li*a, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) A division of Crocodilia, including ||the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrÊ are ||concave in front.

Pro*cú"li*an (?), a. [See Procúle.] (Anat & Zoˆl.) Concave in front; as, procúlian vertebrÊ, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex.

Pro*cú"li*an, n. (Zoˆl.) A reptile having procúlian vertebrÊ; one of the Procúlia.

Pro*cú"lous (?), a.Same as Procúlian.

Pro*con"sul (?), n. [L., fr. pro for + consul consul.] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.

{ Pro*con"su*lar (?), Pro*con"su*la*ry (?), } a. [L. proconsularis: cf. F. proconsulaire.]

1. Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers.

2. Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province.

Pro*con"su*late (?), n. [L. proconsulatus: cf. F. proconsulat.] The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of his office.

Pro*con"sul*ship (?), n. Proconsulate.