Category: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.