But when he concludes the prayer and thanksgiving all the people present answer with acclamation ` Amen.'
Juan Miguel de Vives, announced, amid universal acclamation, his resolution to support Ferdinand VII.
The new pope was chosen by the principal members of the clergy and nobles, and then set before the assembled people, who gave their decision by acclamation; and this acclamation was accepted as the vote of the assembly of the faithful.
On her arrival the little beauty was elected by acclamation.
Scrutiny is also a term applied to a method of electing a pope in the Roman Catholic church, in contradistinction to two other methods, acclamation and accession.
