\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.
2. (Eccl.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person
   nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity. --Addis & Arnold.