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Porphyrogenitism :: Porphyrogenitism (n.) The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born..

Choose :: Choose (v. t.) To wish; to desire; to prefer.

Will :: Will (v.) The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.

Promottion :: Promottion (n.) 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..

Vote :: Vote (n.) A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage..

Preferment :: Preferment (n.) The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference..

Preferably :: Preferably (adv.) In preference; by choice.

Preferable :: Preferable (a.) Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme..

Ceremonious :: Ceremonious (a.) Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred..

Difference :: Difference (n.) Choice; preference.

Choicely :: Choicely (adv.) With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference.

Annates :: Annates (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings..

Favorite :: Favorite (a.) Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child..

Prefer :: Prefer (v. t.) To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above..

Choice :: Choice (n.) Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination..

Agriculturalist :: Agriculturalist (n.) An agriculturist (which is the preferred form..

Selection :: Selection (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference..

Beneficed :: Beneficed (a.) Possessed of a benefice or church preferment.

Choicely :: Choicely (adv.) In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently.

Distinguishingly :: Distinguishingly (adv.) With distinction; with some mark of preference.

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