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[PROCIDENCE.] Pathol.: A particular case of Prolapsus (q. v.), in which the uterus protrudes beyond the vulva. prō-çid-u-ous, a. [Latin prociduus, from procido to fall forward.] [PROCIDENCE.) Falling from its proper place. *prō-çinct', a. [Lat. procinct us , pa. par. of pro cingo =to prepare: pro =before, and cingo =to gird.] Prepared, ready. In procinct [Latin in procinctu]: At hand; ready, close. "War in procinct ." -Milton : P. L., vi. 15. prock-ě-æ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. prock ( ia ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ .] Bot.: A tribe of Flacourtiacese (q. v.). Style simple, fruit not splitting. prock-1-ą, s . [Etym. unknown. ( Loudon .)] Bot.: The typical genus of Prockee (q.v.). pro-claim, *pro-clame, v . t. [Fr. proc lamer , from Latin proclamo : pro before, and clamo to cry, to shout; Sp. proclamar ; Ital. pro clam are .] 1. To make known by proclamation or public announcement; to publish; to promulgate pub licly. ( Milton : P. L. , ii. 499.) 2. To declare or tell publicly or openly. "Yet they were determined not to proclaim , in their legislative capacity, that they had, in their judicial Eng ., ch. xiv. capacity, been guilty of injustice."-Macaulay: Hist. 3. To show, to point out, to make known. "For the apparel oft proclaims the man." Shakesp.: Hamlet, i. 3. *4. To outlaw by public proclamation. "I heard myself proclaimed." Shakesp.: Lear , ii. 3. 5. To declare under some special act of the leg is lature or congre , or order of the president of the United States or governor of the state, e . g ., as of a place affected with a virulent epidemic, or of a community in which riots are in progre , . "To proclaim whole countries."-London Daily Tele graph. *pro-claim-ant, s. [Eng. proclaim; -ant.] A proclaimer. "The first proclaimant of her flight."- E . Brontè IMG:content-1561.png:[blocks in formation] proc-la-mā-tion, subst . [Fr., from Lat. procla mationem , acc us. of proclamatio , from pro clam at us , pa. par. of proclamo to proclaim (q.v.); Sp. pro clamacion ; Ital. pro clam azione .] 1. The act of proclaiming or making publicly known; the act of publishing or notifying by public announcement; an official or general notice to the public. 2. That which is proclaimed or announced pub ordinance licly; a public or general announcement; a public *prō-cla-mā-tor, s . [Lat., from pro clam at us, pa. par. of proclamo to proclaim (q. v.).] Old English Law : An officer of the Court of Common Pleas. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia Proclianist Prō'-cli-an-Ist, s. [See def.] Church Hist. (pl.): A sect of Mon tanists, named after their founder Proclus. They either denied the Incarnation altogether, or held some form of the Docetic heresy.