promontory

& a. [Latin promontorium, from pro forward, and mons (gen it. monira mountain; Fr. prom on to ire; Sp., Port. & Ital. pro montorio.] A. As substantive: 1. Ord . Lang .: A headland; a high point of land projecting into the sea beyond the line of the coast; while a cape may be either high or low. it differs from a cape in being properly high land, 2. Anat .: A small projection, used chiefly: (1) Of the ear: A small projection at the inner paries of the cavity of the tympanum, corresponding to the external scala of the cochlea. (2) Of the sacrum : The projection formed by the union of the base of the sacrum with the last lumbar vertebra. *B. As adj .: High, projecting. pro-mõte, v . i. & t. [Lat. promotus , pa. par. of promoveo to promote, to further; pro = forward, and moveo =to move; Fr. promouvoir ; Sp. & Port. prom over; Ital. promovere .] IMG:content-1592.png:[blocks in formation] .. II. Law : The plaintiff in a suit in an ecclesiastical court. "Mr. proctor, who appeared on behalf of the promoter."- Church Times, Feb. 12, 1886. pro-mō-tion, *pro-mo-ci-on, s . [Fr. promotion, from Lat. promotionem , acc us. of promotio , from promotus ; Sp. promo cion ; Ital. pro moz i one .] *1. The act of informing; information against one. [PROMOTE.] "Covetousne and promotion and such like are that right hand and right eye which must be cut off and plucked out." -Tyndale: Exposition of Matthew vi. 2. The act of promoting, furthering, or advancing; advancement, encouragement. "No premium paid for promotion of the company."London Daily Telegraph . 3. The act of promoting or raising in rank or position; preferment; exaltation in rank or position. "Thy promotion will be thy destruction." Milton: P. R. , iii. 202. pro-mō-tive, a. [Eng. promot (e); -ive.] Tending or serving to promote, advance, or further; furthering, encouraging. *pro-mō-tor, s. [Lat.] An informer. (P. Hol land : Plutarch's Morals , p. 428.) *prō-môv'-al, s. [Eng. promov (e); -al .] Promotion, advancement. "For the promoval of the good of that youth."-Urquhart: Rabelais , bk. iii., ch. xxix. *prō-môve', v. t . [Latin promoveo =to promote (q. v.).] Το promote, to forward, to advance. ( Suckling : Loving and Beloved.)