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Preferment n.

The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. (R.) "Natural preferment of the one... before the other."

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."

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

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Etymology of 'Preferment'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Preferment" Quotes from Famous Books

... which he recommends a young man to become a clergyman, on the ground that it was very hard to got any tolerable civil employment, and that as Lord Bute was then all powerful, his friend would be certain of preferment. In answer to the young man's scruples as to the Articles and the ...

— On Compromise • John Morley

... Hopkins to Governor Shelby that "the firm and almost unparalleled defense of Fort Harrison had raised for Captain Zachary Taylor a fabric of character not to be affected by eulogy;" and forthwith procured from President Madison a preferment to the rank of brevet major, the first brevet, it is said, ever ...

— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. • Various

... men in the city offices whose election would have been due to Sulla, or would at least appear to have been a compliment to him. Sulla was one of the most famous of the family of the Cornelii, and men of the gens Cornelia might well have expected preferment during the early years of the colony. That such was the case is shown here by the recurrence of the name Cornelius in the list of municipal officers in two succeeding years. Now if the name "Cornelia" grew to be a name in great disfavor in Praeneste, the reason would be plain enough. ...

— A Study Of The Topography And Municipal History Of Praeneste • Ralph Van Deman Magoffin

... wishes him all that is good, and therefore he wishes that he should not be devoured by these jaws of hell, but on the contrary, should be freed from this godless idolatry of parasites, and be placed in a position where he would be able to live on some smaller ecclesiastical preferment, or on his own patrimony. As for the historical retrospect which Miltitz wanted, and which Luther briefly appends to this letter, all that the latter says in vindication of himself is, that it was not his own fault, but that of his enemies, who had driven him further and further ...

— Life of Luther • Julius Koestlin

... people was really the voice of God; that if one wishes to accomplish anything he must work in harmony with the popular will; and that perhaps the best way would be to conform to the general opinion. To do so seemed, certainly, the only road to preferment of any kind. Such were the temptations which, in those days, beset every young man who dreamed of accomplishing something in life, and they beset me in my turn; but there came a day when I dealt with them decisively. I had come up across ...

— Volume I • Andrew Dickson White

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