Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Preconization \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.