Woman embraced by doctor making proclamation (5)
I believe the answer is:
banns
'proclamation' is the definition.
(banns is the formal proclamation of a marriage)
'woman embraced by doctor' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'ann' (woman's name).
'embraced by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'doctor' becomes 'bs' (Bachelor of Surgery).
'ann' placed within 'bs' is 'BANNS'.
'making' is the link.
(Other definitions for banns that I've seen before include "Public announcement read in church of forthcoming marriage" , "Notices of marriage" , "Notice of a wedding" , "Pre-wedding notice" , "Proclamation of intended marriage" .)