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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 275 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PRECONIZATION (
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Late
See also:
Lat. praeconizatio, from praeconizare, to proclaim, Lat. praeco, a public crier)
  , a public proclamation or announcement . In this sense it is practically obsolete; but the word is still technically used of the solemn proclamation of new bishops, and of the
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sees to which they are appointed, made by the pope in the consistory of cardinals (see BISHOP) .

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