Meaning of preconize | Babel Free

Definitions

To proclaim in public; especially (of the Pope) to announce the appointment of a bishop.

Examples

“The song grew louder, with more insistent, magical tones, surging and falling in unearthly modulations, the very speech of incantation; and the drum beat madly, and the pipe shrilled to a scream, summoning all to issue forth, to leave their peaceful hearths; for a strange rite was preconized in their midst.”

“On one hand, the Church preconizes transformation from above, that is to say, through Governments, international organizations, responsible leaders at all levels, and the conversion of the rich, the powerful and the educated.”

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