promulgate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PROMUL'GATE, verb transitive [Latin promulgo.] To publish; to make known by open declaration; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council. It is particularly applied to the publication of laws and the gospel. The moral law was promulgated at mount Sinai. The apostles promulgated the gospel. Edicts, laws and orders are promulgated by circular letters, or through the medium of the public prints.
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