preferment Definition
pre·fer·ment (prē fʉr′mənt, pri-)
noun
- the act of preferring
- an advancement in rank or office; promotion
- an office, rank, or honor to which a person is advanced
preferment Synonyms
preferment
n.
Promotion
elevation, raise, advancement; see promotion 1.Priority
attention, precedence, station; see rank 3.
preferment Usage Examples
Converse of object
- seek: It is unwise to trust those who seek preferment, status or a seat on the security council.
- hold: Several others are north countrymen; others held preferment in the diocese before they became bishops thereof.
- obtain: But again I've no doubt that membership is abused to give or obtain personal preferment.
- gain: There have been many examples of freemasons using their membership to gain preferment in their careers and avoid due punishment for their misdemeanors.
- receive: Balderston published nothing and received no preferment except for a canonry at Peterborough in 1681: he was buried in the cathedral there.
- buy: As we have already noted, wealth alone, no matter how it was acquired, could not buy official preferment.
Adjective modifier
- ecclesiastical: Simony is the buying of ecclesiastical preferment - how does this affect the whole story?
- other: Well, my decision is that you had better look for some other preferment.
- high: Urban IV. repeatedly offered him high ecclesiastical preferment, which he in his humility declined.
- political: Fidelity to his own spirituality was always his, but political preferment went to those who followed the dictates of self-interested prudence.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near preferment
- ‹ preferential voting
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- ‹ prefecture
- ‹ prefect
- ‹ prefatory
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