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