Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of conferring, as a university degree or a church living.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift. Same as
conferral .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
conferring ; apresentation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift
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Examples
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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 Inspector Gadget 2009
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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).
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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).
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John Basil Meeking, Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, NZ, with conferment of tonsure and minor orders on seminarians
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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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.
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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 2009
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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 2009
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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 EILEEN 2009
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However, according to Farhatullah Babar, spokesman of the President, the President, relaxing the rule, has ordered immediate conferment of the award.
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The conferment of such benefits is a constant feature of congressional policy making.
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