conferment

nounact of conferring

Synonyms for conferment

noun act of conferring

dispensation

noun. allocation of supply

Word Origin & History

1530s, from Middle French conférer (14c.) "to give, converse, compare," from Latin conferre "to bring together," figuratively "to compare; consult, deliberate, talk over," from com- "together" (see com-) + ferre "to bear" (see infer). Sense of "taking counsel" led to conference. The meaning "compare" (common 1530-1650) is largely obsolete, but the abbreviation cf. still is used in this sense. Related: Conferred; conferring.

Example Sentences forconferment

The preliminaries, formal or otherwise, to the conferment of degrees have now been described.

But Athanasius apprehended this redemption as a conferment, from without and from above, of a divine nature.

"Not from men" excludes human derivation; "not through man," human intervention in the conferment of Paul's office.

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