PROCLAIM

(ANNOUNCE) [verb] [formal] - to announce (esp. something positive) publicly or officiallyAll the countries have proclaimed their loyalty to the alliance. [T]Republican party members were confidently proclaiming victory even as the first few votes came in. [T]That was the famous speech in which he proclaimed that socialism was dead. [+ that clause]She was proclaimed Queen at the age of thirteen after the sudden death of her father. [T + object + noun]