Pre*con`i*za"tion (?), n. [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.) A formal approbation by the
pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity.
Addis & Arnold.