'Preconization' definitions:
Definition of 'Preconization'
From: GCIDE
- Preconization \Pre*con`i*za"tion\, n. [L. praeconium a crying out in public, fr. praeco, -onis, a crier, a herald: cf. F. pr['e]conisation.]
- 1. A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eccl.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity. --Addis & Arnold. [1913 Webster]