preferment
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mənt noun
1.
the act of preferring.
2.
the state of being preferred.
3.
advancement or promotion, especially in the church.
4.
a position or office affording social or pecuniary advancement.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of promoting or advancing to a higher position, office, etc |
| 2. | the state of being preferred for promotion or social advancement |
| 3. | the act of preferring |
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Example sentences
Ambitious to excel, he had learned that honor and preferment were attainable only by obedience.
Big figures with the dollar mark before them are the open sesame to social recognition and political preferment.
He was beseeched for mercy, called a traitor to his party, offered political preferment.
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