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Definition of: preconize
(prē′kə·nīz) v.t. ·nized. ·niz·ing
1. To announce the appointment of (a new bishop) in public consistory: said of the pope.
2. To proclaim or extol publicly. [<LL praeconizare proclaim <L praeco, praeconis crier, herald]
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