Orb
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The Orb is a ceremonial piece of royal regalia symbolizing monarchical authority and Christian sovereignty, traditionally held by the monarch during British coronations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orb canonical | 1 |
| imperial orb | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ceremonial object
ⓘ
royal regalia ⓘ symbol of monarchical authority ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
divine right of kings
ⓘ
sacred kingship ⓘ |
| associatedRite | anointing and crowning of the monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith | British monarchy ⓘ |
| associatedWithBuilding |
Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster Abbey
|
| category |
Christian symbols
ⓘ
regalia ⓘ |
| ceremonyPhase | coronation service ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic emblem of British kingship ⓘ |
| function | ceremonial regalia in coronation ⓘ |
| hasElement |
cross on top
ⓘ
sphere ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalMeaning | yes ⓘ |
| hasReligiousMeaning | yes ⓘ |
| heldBy | British monarch ⓘ |
| influencedBy | medieval Christian imperial regalia ⓘ |
| keptAt | Tower of London ⓘ |
| legalOwner | the Crown ⓘ |
| locationDuringCeremony | held in the monarch's hand ⓘ |
| material | precious metals ⓘ |
| notUsedFor | everyday governance ⓘ |
| partOf |
Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
British Crown Jewels
|
| relatedTo |
Coronation Chair
ⓘ
Coronation Spoon ⓘ Crown ⓘ Sceptre ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| represents |
Christ’s dominion over the world
ⓘ
the Christian world under monarchical rule ⓘ |
| sphereShape | yes ⓘ |
| status | active ceremonial object ⓘ |
| symbolicForm | globus cruciger ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Christian sovereignty
ⓘ
monarchical authority ⓘ |
| typeOfSymbol | sovereignty symbol ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British monarch
ⓘ
surface form:
King or Queen of the United Kingdom
|
| usedFor | symbolic investiture of sovereign power ⓘ |
| usedIn | British coronation ceremony ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| usedOnOccasion | coronation of a new monarch ⓘ |
| usedSince | medieval period ⓘ |
| visibility | publicly displayed during coronations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Orb Description of subject: The Orb is a ceremonial piece of royal regalia symbolizing monarchical authority and Christian sovereignty, traditionally held by the monarch during British coronations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
imperial orb