pronouncement

English

From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement.

pronouncement (plural pronouncements)

An official public announcement.
The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict.
An utterance.
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises
  Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
- March 14, 2018, Roger Penrose writing in The Guardian, 'Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary
  His pronouncements carried great authority, but his physical difficulties often caused them to be enigmatic in their brevity.

an official public announcement

an utterance