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Oyez

Oyez (hear ye), the introduction to any proclamation or advertisement given by the public criers both in England and Scotland. It is pronounced oh ! yes ! See NORMAN FRENCH. Means the utterance

Preconisation

Preconisation [fr. pr'conium, Lat., the office of a crier], proclamation.

Oyez

Hear attend a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation It is repeated three times

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Campana bajula

used in the ceremonies of the Roman Church, and retained amongst the Protestants by sextons, parish clerks, and criers, Cumb. ap. Wharton Angl. Sacr., par. 2, p. 637.

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