[f. CONFER v. + -MENT.] The action of conferring or bestowing; † concr. something conferred (obs.).
1658. Slingsby, Diary (1836), 200. A competent conferment upon your younger brother.
1877. Daily News, 30 Nov., 3/5. Oxford, Conferment of Degrees.
1885. Manch. Evening News, 15 May, 2/2. The Lancet … advocates the conferment of medical peerages.
