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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Preconization

· Pre·con·i·za·tion · IPA
01 n. A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation.
  1. 1.
    A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation.
  2. 2.
    A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity.(Eccl.)