preconize

English

Alternative forms

• preconise, praeconise

Etymology

Latin praeco (“herald”) +‎ -ize or Latin praeconizare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiːkənaɪz/

Verb

preconize (third-person singular simple present preconizes, present participle preconizing, simple past and past participle preconized)

1. To proclaim in public; especially (of the Pope) to announce the appointment of a bishop.
   • 1922, Arthur Machen, The House of Souls‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 1982, John Desrochers, The Social Teaching of the Church, page 678:

     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.

Related terms

• preconization

Portuguese

Verb

preconize

1. inflection of preconizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative