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Noah Webster
Preferment
PREFER'MENT, noun Advancement to a higher office, dignity or station. Change of manners and even of character often follows preferment A profligate life should be considered a disqualification for preferment no less than want of ability.
1. Superior place or office. All preferments should be given to competent men.
2. Preference. [Not used.