Declaration
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Declaration - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
DECLARA'TION, n.
1. An affirmation; an open expression of facts or opinions; verbal utterance; as, he declared his sentiments, and I rely on his declaration.
2. Expression of facts, opinions, promises, predictions, _c., in writings; records or reports of what has been declared or uttered.
The scriptures abound in declarations of mercy to penitent sinners.
3. Publication; manifestation; as the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai. Est 10.
4. A public annunciation; proclamation; as the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
5. In law, that part of the process or pleadings in which the plaintiff sets forth at large his cause of complaint; the narration or count.
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- Declaration; DeclareInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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