HOW TO PRONOUNCE
oyez
/oʊˈjeɪ/
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What does oyez mean?
interjection
- Hear ye. Attend. (Called by public criers or in court usually three times to secure silence or attentiveness).
noun
- A cry of oyez.
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verb
- (rare) To proclaim with a cry of oyez.
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IPA pronunciation
/oʊˈjeɪ/
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The Prime Minister went to the Parliament House and wrote down “Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!”
I would not have an author make it his business to render me attentive: or that he should cry out fifty times Oyez!