mantle

"We can reclaim the mantle that was once ours and can be again: we will be the party of the working class," she said – an acknowledgement that, right now at least, they are not.

In the days after Kirk’s killing, his wife Erika has assumed his mantle.

Following Violet’s passing, Isobel has taken up the mantle to organize the county fair — a job that comes with some challenges.

Wiese says Folds was the ideal person to “take the mantle” from Guaraldi: “He brings a modern thing and his lyrics are so poetic; on his albums he always touches your heart.”

But that is the mantle he took on, according to court transcripts that were not widely reported at the time.