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.

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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.

coat of arms of Russia hasOrb Orb
this entity surface form: imperial orb