Ap-point'ment, n.

n. [Fr. appointement, Pr. apontamen, Sp. apuntamiento, It. appuntamento, L. Lat. appuntamentum, appunctamentum.]

1. The act of appointing; designation to office; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
2. State of being appointed to some service, office, &c.; station; position; as, he received the appointment of an embassador.
3. Act of preparing; preparation. [Obs.]

Therefore your best appointment make with speed. Shak.

4. Stipulation; arrangement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six o’clock.
5. Decree; established order or constitution; as, it is our duty to submit to the divine appointments.

According to the appointment of the priests. Ez. vi. 9. 6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; the accouterments of military officers, as belts, sashes, gorgets, &c.;—used in the plural. “The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments.” Prescott. I’ll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appointment, that thou liest. Beau. & Fl. 7. An allowance to a person; a salary or pension, as to a public officer;—properly used only in the plural. An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary. Chesterfield. Appointments differ from wages in being a special grant, or gratification, not fixed, whereas wages are fixed and ordinary.

8. An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, &c., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have a high appointment. [An Americanism.]
9. (Law.) (a.) A devise or grant to a charitable use. Blackstone. (b.) A deed or instrument executed in pursuance of a power contained in some preceding deed (called a power of appointment), and which operates as a conveyance, by limiting a use, or by substituting a new use in place of a former one. Burrell. Kent.

Syn.—Designation; command; order; direction; establishment; equipment.