different between preferment vs primitia

English

Etymology 1

From prefer +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???f??m?nt/

Noun

preferment (countable and uncountable, plural preferments)

1. (now historical) Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product. [from 15th c.]
2. (obsolete) The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.). [15th–17th c.]
3. Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion. [from 15th c.]
4. A position (especially in the Church of England) that provides profit or prestige. [from 16th c.]
5. (now rare) The fact of preferring something; preference. [from 16th c.]

Etymology 2

pre- +? ferment

Noun

preferment (plural preferments)

1. A mixture of flour, water and yeast that is allowed to ferment prior to another baking process

Related terms

• prefermentation

English

Etymology

Latin primitiae (“first fruits”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???m???/

Noun

primitia (plural primitias or primitiae)

1. (obsolete) The first fruits.
2. (Britain, law, obsolete) The first year's whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment.

   • the primitias of your parsonage

Latin

Noun

pr?mitia f (genitive pr?mitiae); first declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) first fruits

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• French: prémices
• Spanish: primicias