Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A public proclamation or summons.
- noun Specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, the public confirmation by the Pope of the decision of the College of Cardinals to appoint a given ecclesiastic to a specified church dignity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation.
- noun (Eccl.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity.
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- noun A
publishing byproclamation ; a public proclamation. - noun A
formal approbation by thepope of a personnominated to anecclesiastical dignity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Cumberland District Indian Missions, in 1903, to his appointment as director of Duck Lake Indian Industrial school, and, in 1910, to his preconization as titular Bishop of Berenice and Vicar Apostolic of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913
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This preconization is preceded by an informative process, which according to the present discipline is raised by the Consistorial
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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George Michael Wittmann, who was named successor to the latter, died before his preconization (1833).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Archbishop of Rossano, but later acquiesced in his preconization as
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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His chapter has three orders like those of the College of Cardinals; he himself is always made a cardinal at the first consistory after his preconization and he uses a tiara (without the keys) over his arms, but he has no more than metropolitical jurisdiction over seven suffragans.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Between several titulars of the same see but of different rites the order is that of the date of their preconization.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Under the old regime the nominated person himself applied for canonical institution; the superior made inquiry as to the applicant and, unless the inquiry disclosed unworthiness or unfitness, granted canonical institution according to the customary forms – most often by consistorial preconization.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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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.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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