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• ACCLAMATION (Lat. acclamatio, a shouting at)

ACCLAMATION (See also:

• LAT

Lat. acclamatio, a shouting at)  , in deliberative or electoral assemblies, a spontaneous shout of approval or praise . See also:

• ACCLAMATION (Lat. acclamatio, a shouting at)

Acclamation is thus the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of a See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution or the passing of a See also:

• VOTE

vote of confidence or choice unanimously, in See also:

• DIRECT

direct distinction from a formal See also:

• BALLOT (from Ital. ballotta, dim. of balla, a ball)

ballot or See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . In the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate opinions were expressed and votes passed by acclamation in such forms as Omnes, omnes, Aequum est, Justum est, &c.; and the praises of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor were celebrated in certain pre-arranged sentences, which seem 'to have been chanted by the whole See also:

• BODY

body of senators . In ecclesiastical See also:

• COUNCILS

councils vote by acclamation is very See also:

• COMMON

common, the question being usually put in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, placet or non placet . The Sacred See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College has sometimes elected popes by acclamation, when the cardinals simultaneously and without any previous consultation " acclaimed " one of their number as pontiff . A further ecclesiastical use of the word is in its application to set forms of praise or thanksgiving in See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church services, the stereotyped responses of the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation . In See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary usage a See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion is carried by acclamation when, no See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment being proposed, approval is expressed by shouting such words as Aye or Agreed .