Category:Preconization

Pre*con`i*za"tion, n. Etym: [l. praeconium a crying out in public, Fr. praeco, -onis, a crier, a herald: cf. F. préconisation.]

1. A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation. Bp. Hall.

2. (eccl.)

Defn: a formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an Ecclesiastical dignity. Addis & arnold.