1.The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.
2.The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution. "The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others."
3.That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.
4.An act done in public. (R. & Obs.) "His jealousy... attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man."
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