preferment
/pɹɪˈfəːmənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.).
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
A position (especially in the Church of England) that provides profit or prestige.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "But consider—you need not be afraid of delegating power to me. I am no young lady on her preferment. Married women, you know, may be safely authorised."
- "A mind warranted from prejudice, hath a marvellous preferment [translating avancement] to tranquility."
- "One hall called Civil Law Hall or School, flouriſhed about this time (though in its buildings decayed) by the care of the learned and judicious Dr. Will. Warham Principal or Moderator thereof; which he leaving this year (having before had ſeveral Deputies therein) becauſe of his preferment to the ſee of London, became void for ſome time. The year following the ſaid Warham was tranſlated to Canterbury […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /pɹɪˈfəːmənt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
preferments (plural)
perferment (alternative)