Preconization

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. (Eccl.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person
        nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity. --Addis & Arnold.
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