כְּרוּז, (כָּרַז) public announcement. Lev. R. s. 6 הוציא כ׳ he issued a proclamation. Snh. VI, 1 (43ᵃ) והכ׳ יוצא וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. וכ׳) and it is cried out before him (the delinquent). Ib. 43ᵃ (missing in later ed.) והכ׳ יוצא לפניו וכ׳ and forty days before his (Jesus’) execution, it was published &c.; a. fr.