Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts. 2. (n.) The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution. 3. (n.) That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication. 4. (n.) An act done in public.

Multi-Version Concordance Publication (2 Occurrences) 2 Corinthians 2:12 Now when I came to Troas for the publication of the glad tidings of the Christ, a door also being opened to me in the Lord, (DBY) Exodus 6:3 and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them. (See JPS)