An act of announcing, or giving notice.
That which conveys what is announced.
The content which is announced.
Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.
The vocative case
A word in the vocative case
Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
Used in address; appellative (said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed). For example "Domine, O Lord"