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ACCLAMATION (See also:Lat. acclamatio, a shouting at) , in deliberative or electoral assemblies, a spontaneous shout of approval or praise. Acclamation is thus the See also:adoption of a See also:resolution or the passing of a See also:vote of confidence or choice unanimously, in See also:direct distinction from a formal See also:ballot or See also:division. In the See also:Roman See also: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 were celebrated in certain pre-arranged sentences, which seem 'to have been chanted by the whole See also:body of senators. In ecclesiastical See also:councils vote by acclamation is very See also:common, the question being usually put in the See also:form, placet or non placet. The Sacred See also: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 services, the stereotyped responses of the See also:congregation. In See also:modern See also:parliamentary usage a See also:motion is carried by acclamation when, no See also:amendment being proposed, approval is expressed by shouting such words as Aye or Agreed.

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