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Part of speech and something binding in declaration (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pronouncement

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'declaration' is the definition.
(I know that pronouncement is a type of declaration)

'part of speech and something binding' is the wordplay.
'part of speech' becomes 'pronoun' (pronouns are a part of speech).
'and' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and').
'something' becomes 'cemet' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'binding' indicates putting letters inside.
'n' placed within 'cemet' is 'cement'.
'pronoun'+'cement'='PRONOUNCEMENT'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for pronouncement that I've seen before include "official statement" , "Official declaration" , "formal statement" , "An authoritative declaration" , "ordinance" .)

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