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preconize, v.|ˈpriːkənaɪz|
Also præ-.
[ad. med.L. præcōnīzāre, f. L. præcōn-em public crier, herald: see -ize; cf. F. préconiser (1321 in Godef.).]
1. trans. To proclaim or announce publicly; to publish; to commend or extol publicly, to cry up.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. xiii. 86 Yet treste y crie Thy laude, and his honour eft preconise. 1803W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 311 Louis 14th, whose reign he preconizes as the happiest period in French history. 1847Blackw. Mag. LXII. 293 [They] had all praeconised their accomplishments to us. 1902Contemp. Rev. Dec. 802 Italian ecclesiastics..undermining the monarchical principle throughout Italy,..preconising it in Russia.
b. To call upon publicly, to summon by name.
1863Church Instit. Circular II. 139 The certificates having been read, the Registrar preconized the Biships mentioned in the return from the Dean of the Province, and the Archbishop then referred to the Vicar-General to report upon the certificates transmitted by them and upon the letters of proxy. 1877Sir T. Twiss in Encycl. Brit. VI. 329/2 The clergy are præconized or summoned by name to appear before the metropolitan or his commissary.
2. spec. in R.C. Ch. Of the pope: To approve publicly the appointment of (a bishop).
1692Lond. Gaz. No. 2753/1 On Monday last the Pope held a Consistory, wherein the four last preconis'd French Bishops were confirmed. 1706Phillips, Preconise,..to make a Report in the Pope's Consistory, That the Party presented to a Benefice is qualify'd for the same. 1887Detroit Free Press 21 May 2/1 After eighteen months' service in Perugia, Pope Gregory preconized him [Leo XIII] archbishop of Damietta. 1892Times 23 Mar. 5/5 The Pope will preconize Dr. Vaughan at the first consistory held after Easter.
Hence ˈpreconizing vbl. n.; ˈpreconizer, one who preconizes.
1703Pretended Indep. Lower Ho. Convocation 40 The great end of Preconizing, is, to know who have incurr'd the Censure due to Contumacy, in not appearing pursuant to Archiepiscopal Summons. 1711Hickes Two Treat. Chr. Priesth. (1847) I. 320 The great disperser and preconizer of it at home and abroad. 1804W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. II. 240 He is commonly the panegyrist of event, the preconizer of destiny, he rows with the stream. |
