A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1590-1598
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Preferment(e, n. Also: praeferrement. [Late ME (1451) and e.m.E. preferrement, preferment f. Prefer v.] Advancement in condition or status; promotion to an office. —c1590 Fowler II 149/22.
Obleising him … be preferment in honors participant vnto him, office & sik honorabill charges that [etc.] c1590 Ib. 161/11.
Sa many things dois occurr this day altogether for the comoditie and preferment of a new prence 1598 James VI Basil. Doron 79/7.
The … men of the ministrie … be thair præferrement [v.r. prefermente] to bishoprikkes & benefices anulling that uyle act of annexation
