Noun
The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.
The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion.
A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf the golden gate of preferment is not usually opened to men of real merit, persons of no worth have entered it in a most extraordinary manner. Isaac D'Israeli
DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment. Ambrose Bierce
It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group. Charles Edison
Such parents or children as aim at the gain and preferment of religion do often mistake gain and gold for godliness, godbelly for the true God, and some false for the true Lord Jesus. Roger Williams (theologian)
the preferment went to the younger candidate Source: Internet
preferment of charges Source: Internet