preconization 1
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Definition
(Eccl.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity.
Examples
- 1.According to a Decree of the Congregation of Rites, 8 June, 1910 ("Acta Apostolicæ Sedis", 1910, 580) the date of the anniversary of the election of a bishop is no longer that of his preconization in the consistory, but that of the decree or letter by which he is appointed.


