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Definition of Preferment

1. Noun. The act of preferring. "The preferment went to the younger candidate"

2. Noun. The act of making accusations. "Preferment of charges"

Definition of Preferment

1. n. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.

Definition of Preferment

1. Noun. (context: now historical) Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.). (defdate 15th-17th c.) ¹

3. Noun. Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

4. Noun. A position (especially in the Church of England) that provides profit or prestige. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

5. Noun. (rare) The fact of preferring something; preference. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preferment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preferment

preferations prefered preference preference shares preferenced preferences preferencing preferential preferentiality preferentially

preferer preferers prefering preferist preferists preferment (current term) preferments preferr preferrable preferred

preferred creditor preferred shares preferred stock preferredness preferreds preferrer preferrers preferrest preferreth preferring

Literary usage of Preferment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1892)
"Clerical preferment under the Duke of Newcastle ' growth of a healthy sentiment against the solicitation of J- personal favours will be noted by historians ..."

2. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1843)
"... preferment. [This seems to be the latest letter with a date from ... Possibly Lord Willoughby was the means of obtaining preferment for ..."

3. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1853)
"Yet he had not at all set his heart on preferment, and he would have been well pleased to pass the remainder of his days in a private station. ..."

4. The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by Walter Scott (1829)
"SWIFT had now become more than doubtful of those well-grounded views of preferment, which his interest with the great Whig leaders naturally offered. ..."

5. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1874)
"... how he can best sell it ; and probably while he is selling the first he is bargaining for a second. This brings preferment in the Church into contempt. ..."

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