\Pro*mot"tion\, n. [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.