Wondering how to use Proscription in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as prohibition or ban.
Proscription meaning
- A prohibition.
- Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
- The act of proscribing, or its result.
Synonyms of Proscription
Using Proscription
- The main meaning on this page is: A prohibition. | Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity. | The act of proscribing, or its result.
- Useful related words include: prohibition, ban, decree, edict.
- In the example corpus, proscription often appears in combinations such as: the proscription, proscription of, proscription on.
Context around Proscription
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 14 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Proscription
- In this selection, "proscription" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2017, virtual, ecclesiastical, list, produced and declaring stand out and add context to how "proscription" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bc the proscription officially ended and comment on proscription of course. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "proscription" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with proscription
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We don’t comment on proscription, of course. (8 words)
By January 42 BC the proscription officially ended. (8 words)
His father was involved in the proscription but his mother escaped. (11 words)
The Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu, has reaffirmed the proscription of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN saying anyone associated with the group or furthering their agenda will be treated as a terrorist and an enemy of the state. (40 words)
Crassus is said to have made part of his money from proscriptions, notably the proscription of one man whose name was not initially on the list of those proscribed but was added by Crassus who coveted the man's fortune. (40 words)
The lawyer lamented that even though it was clear that the dialogue was yielding desired results, “they unilaterally and summarily ended and made it worse by resorting to the proscription that stigmatised the Igbo people. (35 words)
Why would we believe that abortion restrictions skirting Roe's proscription on outright bans perform any better? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
Like Sulla's proscription before it, the Triumvirate's proscription produced deadly results: one third of the Senate and two thousand Roman knights were killed.
Justice Anthony Onovo faulted the 2017 proscription, declaring it as illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.
Proscription might be a helpful addition to the economic already placed on Russia.
Criminals convicted of proscription offences could face up to 14 years behind bars or be fined, according to the department, while resources of a proscribed organisation are considered “terrorist property” and could be seized.
The group also contended that the proscription order was tantamount to declaring over 30 million Nigerians of Igbo extraction as terrorists.
Those limits might involve, for example, a proscription on the time spent engaging with screens, or a rule about the type of technology that will be used.
We don’t comment on proscription, of course.
Why would we believe that abortion restrictions skirting Roe's proscription on outright bans perform any better?
National Action, the UK’s only banned far-right group under proscription powers, falls under this category.
The Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu, has reaffirmed the proscription of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN saying anyone associated with the group or furthering their agenda will be treated as a terrorist and an enemy of the state.
The lawyer lamented that even though it was clear that the dialogue was yielding desired results, “they unilaterally and summarily ended and made it worse by resorting to the proscription that stigmatised the Igbo people.
With the return of the diplomatic discourse, the two sides could quietly work out their other issues, such as India’s membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) or the proscription of Masood Azhar.
All these people had previously been marked down on Archbishop Trolle's proscription list.
Augustus' bad conscience for not having objected to Cicero's being put on the proscription list during the Second Triumvirate led him to aid considerably Marcus Minor's career.
By an uncompleted process of terror, by an iniquitous land settlement, by the virtual proscription of the Catholic religion, by the bloody deeds already described, he cut new gulfs between the nations and the creeds.
By January 42 BC the proscription officially ended.
Crassus is said to have made part of his money from proscriptions, notably the proscription of one man whose name was not initially on the list of those proscribed but was added by Crassus who coveted the man's fortune.
His father was involved in the proscription but his mother escaped.
Historical background Before 1100, the Catholic Church had already suppressed what they believed to be heresy, usually through a system of ecclesiastical proscription or imprisonment, but without using torture citation and seldom resorting to executions.
The persistence of this usage despite attempted proscription is discussed elsewhere.
Common combinations with proscription
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the proscription 10×
- proscription of 6×
- proscription on 2×
- proscription list 2×