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preferment
advance, appointment, canonization, ennoblement, graduation, institution, mend, ordination, progress, restoration, upping
Definition
n.
the act of preferring
Last update: September 23, 2015
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Major Singh got a
preferment
to colonel in the army.
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His
preferment
was rapid.
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"The
preferment
forerunneth promotion."
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To dream of advancing in any engagement, denotes your rapid ascendency to
preferment
and to the consummation of affairs of the heart.
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To hear the roar of a lion, signifies unexpected advancement and
preferment
with women.
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To climb a tree is a sign of swift elevation and
preferment
.
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He was not ambitious of ecclesiastical
preferment
, for aristocratic dunces occupied the great sees and ruled the great monasteries.
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At one time he was the most influential man in England, although poor and without office or
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