† proˈmoval Sc. Obs. rare.
[f. promove v. + -al1.]
Promotion, furtherance, advancement.
| 1683 Renwick Serm., etc. (1776) 570 For promoval and defence of Reformation. 1687 in Shields Faithful Contendings (1780) 300 For the promoval and defence of these testimonies. a 1693 Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxix. 246 Steadable for the promoval of the good of that Youth. |