Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preferment"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Preferment \Pre*fer"ment\, n.
1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen;
preference. [R.]

Natural preferment of the one . . . before the
other. --Sir T.
Browne.

2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office;
the state of being advanced; promotion.

Neither royal blandishments nor promises of valuable
preferment had been spared. --Macaulay.

3. A position or office of honor or profit; as, the
preferments of the church.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

preferment
n 1: the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger
candidate" [syn: {recognition}]
2: the act of making accusations; "preferment of charges"


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