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Webster 1913 Edition
promotion
pro-mo′tion
(prō̍-mō′shŭn)
, Noun.
[L.
promotio
: cf. F. promotion
.] The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment.
Milton.
Promotion
cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. Ps. lxxv. 6.
Webster 1828 Edition
Promotion
PROMO'TION
, n.1.
The act of promoting; advancement; encouragement; as the promotion of virtue or morals; the promotion of peace or of discord.2.
Exaltation in rank or honor; preferment. My promotion will be thy destruction.
Promotion cometh neither from the east nor from the west, nor from the south. Ps.75.