Preferment

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


              other.                                --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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     2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office;
        the state of being advanced; promotion.
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              Neither royal blandishments nor promises of valuable
              preferment had been spared.           --Macaulay.
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     3. A position or office of honor or profit; as, the
        preferments of the church.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  preferment
       n 1: the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger
            candidate"
       2: the act of making accusations; "preferment of charges"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "preferment":
     Great Leap Forward, advance, advancement, aggrandizement,
     amelioration, amendment, apostolic orders, appointment, ascent,
     bettering, betterment, boost, calling, canonization, conferment,
     consecration, election, elevation, enhancement, ennoblement,
     enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, exaltation, furtherance,
     graduation, headway, holy orders, improvement, induction,
     installation, institution, investiture, knighting, lift,
     major orders, melioration, mend, mending, minor orders, nomination,
     ordainment, orders, ordination, passing, pay raise, pickup,
     preference, presentation, progress, progression, promotion, raise,
     reading in, recovery, restoration, revival, rise, upbeat,
     upgrading, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility