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

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