conferment

[ UK /kənfˈɜːmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift
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How To Use conferment In A Sentence

  • The degrees which Oxford and Cambridge conferred in Grammar did not involve residence or entitle the recipients to a vote in Convocation; but the conferment was accompanied by ceremonies which were almost parodies of the solemn proceedings of graduation or inception in a recognised Faculty, a birch taking the place of a book as a symbol of the power and authority entrusted to the graduand. Life in the Medieval University
  • ASU has also been unable to produce any documentation of any policy related to sitting politicians and the conferment of honorary degrees. Dawn Teo: ASU Honorary Degree Policy For Sitting Politicians Not Documented
  • In the public sphere, conferment to the religious courts of exclusive jurisdiction over matters of personal status (such as the matter of marriage and divorce) excludes women from taking public office on such matters — there are no women acting as rabbinical judges, kadis or priests with judicial authority in the various religious courts. Equality, Religion and Gender in Israel.
  • Yes, they already held SS rank, but the conferment of military titles was a new departure, contrary to your assertion that they held this rank “anyway”: they had previously held Allgemeine SS rank, yes. The Wrong Kind Of Snow « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • Renzulli says Stump was selected for an honorary degree before Crow was appointed, but the conferment of the honorary degree was delayed due to illness. Dawn Teo: ASU Honorary Degree Policy For Sitting Politicians Not Documented
  • Dharamsala, 10 December 2006 (Phayul/Phurbu Thinley) - While the day can be commemorated as the 58th Anniversary of World Human Rights Day, for Tibetans it marks the 17th auspicious anniversary of the conferment of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (in 1989). Newsroom Archive 2006
  • I love how apt your mention of the system of checks-&-balances is, especially in this context of abuse: The agitated artists shout that GMA's intervention constitutes an abuse of power, but are they not themselves being abusive in their self-righteous attempt to police the President in her very conferment of a presidential award to awardees of her choosing? FEATURE ARTICLE: ON THE PHILIPPINES' 2009 NATIONAL ARTIST AWARDS
  • We will remember the days which you spent with us, the days which witnessed our successful application for PhD degree conferment, and the days when we grow with the Undergraduate Teaching Assessment.
  • However, according to Farhatullah Babar, spokesman of the President, the President, relaxing the rule, has ordered immediate conferment of the award. Role of Afzal Khan Lala in Swat Crisis
  • The conferment of such benefits is a constant feature of congressional policy making. Why We Need A New Constitution: Part 12 of 21
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