conferment

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"It's an Anglican ceremony and the anointing is essential to that as the conferment of God's grace on the monarch," says Dr David Torrance, who has written a parliamentary research paper on coronations.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2023

This is the first authentic instance of the conferment of the imperium upon a private citizen.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

The preliminaries, formal or otherwise, to the conferment of degrees have now been described.

From The Oxford Degree Ceremony by Wells, Joseph

The tone in which the Captain made this long speech was as pleasant and courteous as though he were announcing the conferment of a favour.

From Swift and Sure by Strang, Herbert

The appointment to the principate originally involved the conferment of the imperium, the tribunician power and other rights and privileges.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly