Meaning of pass the mantle | Babel Free

Definitions

To transfer authority to the next in line; pass the torch.

Examples

“In contrast, there are a few noteworthy examples of intentional multigenerational projects, in which the senior ethnographers pass⟳ the mantle, as it were, to new researchers who then take⟳ responsibility to sustain the project into the future.”

“The young girls who came of age during the Progressive era were reaping the benefits of a century of struggle⟳ waged by their mothers and grandmothers — the clubwomen had negotiated an entrance into public life, and they now hoped to pass⟳ the mantle on to the next generation.”

“Then, for unknown reasons, the last⟳ Lung king didn't pass⟳ the mantle to a son or daughter, but to the chieftain of the Wonambi.”

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