Associations to the word «Preferment»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
PREFERMENT, noun. (now historical) Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product. [from 15th c.]
PREFERMENT, noun. (obsolete) The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.). [15th-17th c.]
PREFERMENT, noun. Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion. [from 15th c.]
PREFERMENT, noun. A position (especially in the Church of England) that provides profit or prestige. [from 16th c.]
PREFERMENT, noun. (now rare) The fact of preferring something; preference. [from 16th c.]
Dictionary definition
PREFERMENT, noun. The act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate".
PREFERMENT, noun. The act of making accusations; "preferment of charges".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.