To announce something beforehand; to make a public declaration in advance.
Combines 'fore-' (before) with 'announce' (from Old French 'annoncer,' from Latin 'annuntiare,' to report). It means telling people something ahead of time.
Church officials would 'foreannounce' feast days and celebrations weeks in advance so people could prepare—this was critical information for people who didn't read. Foreannouncement was how power communicated through sound and proclamation.
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