preconization

English

Etymology

From preconize +‎ -ation, compare French préconisation.

Noun

preconization (plural preconizations)

1. A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation.
   • 1649, Bishop Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Diverse Practical Cases of Conscience:

     The time was, when the minister, in a solemn preconization, called you either then to speak, or for ever after to hold your peace: had you then spoken, it might have been construed as zeal; now, not to hold your peace, will be interpreted no better than malice.

2. A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity.
   • 1856, James L. Chapman, Americanism Versus Romanism:

     a preconization of apostates like Gavazzi and Achilli

References

• “preconization”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.