PROMO'TION, noun 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. Psalms 75:6.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI