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The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication. King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. 1 Kings xv. 22.

spring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage. " Issued from the progeny of kings." Shak.

e; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions. The king being returned from his progresse. Evelyn.

To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate. He doth not prophesy good concerning me. 1 Kings xxii. 8. Then I perceive that will be verified Henry the Fifth did sometime prophesy. Shak.

Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to retrospective. The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair. Sir J. Child.

importation; -- opposed to free trade. Writ of protection. (Law) (a) A writ by which the king formerly exempted a person from arrest; -- now disused. [Eng.] Blackstone. (b) A judicial writ issued to a person required to attend court, as party, juror, etc., intended to secure him from arrest in coming, staying, and ret…

One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent. Is it concluded he shall be protector ! Shak.

Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master. [Eng.] Wharton. Burrill.

so difficult to determine that it might be referred to either the animal or the vegetable kingdom.

The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.

a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. "Kingdoms and provinces." Shak.

A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.

A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns. [R.] C. Kingsley.

A pug mill. Pug mill, a kind of mill for grinding and mixing clay, either for brickmaking or the fine arts; a clay mill. It consists essentially of an upright shaft armed with projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay is placed.

; might; force; potency. " Youths of puissance." Tennyson. The power and puissance of the king. Shak.

One who, or that which, pulls. Proud setter up and puller down of kings. Shak.

The state of being a pupil. As sons of kings, loving in pupilage, Have turned to tyrants when they came to power. Tennyson.

The act of purging. The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland. Fuller.

against the state. Shak. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. Macaulay.

The king's messenger; a state messenger. One pursuivant who attempted to execute a warrant there was murdered. Macaulay.