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preferment(dictionary)

preferment (iou)



preferment noun. LME.
[from PREFER + -MENT.]
I. Furtherance or encouragement of an action or undertaking. LME-M16.
Advancement to an office or position, promotion. Formerly also, advancement of a child by marriage or pecuniary settlement. L15.
P. Levi He still half hoped for preferment at court. R. Harries A bishop..came to the vicarage door to offer the incumbent preferment.
An appointment, esp. in the Church of England, which gives social or pecuniary advancement. M16.
E. A. Freeman Spiritual preferments being turned into means of maintenance for..bastards of the royal house.
II.
Prior right or claim, esp. to receive payment or to make an offer for a thing on sale. arch. LME.
b. gen. Preference, advantage. E16-M18.