Sovereign's Orb

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British Crown Jewels ceremonial regalia

The Sovereign's Orb is a ceremonial golden orb surmounted by a cross, symbolizing the monarch's Christian authority and temporal power, traditionally held during British coronations such as that of Queen Elizabeth II.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sovereign's Orb canonical 14
Imperial Orb 2
Orb and Sceptre 2

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Crown Jewels ⓘ
ceremonial regalia ⓘ
associatedWith British monarchy ⓘ
Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Coronation Regalia
category Christian regalia ⓘ
royal regalia ⓘ
ceremonialRole held in the monarch's hand during part of the coronation ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
function symbolic representation of royal authority ⓘ
hasPart cross ⓘ
golden orb ⓘ
heldBy British monarch ⓘ
keptAt Tower of London ⓘ
material gold ⓘ
partOf Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
represents earthly dominion under the Christian cross ⓘ
monarch's role under God ⓘ
surmountedBy cross ⓘ
symbolizes Christian authority of the monarch ⓘ
temporal power of the monarch ⓘ
usedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Sovereign of the United Kingdom
usedDuring coronation service in Westminster Abbey ⓘ
usedIn British coronation ceremony ⓘ
Coronation of Charles III ⓘ
surface form: coronation of King Charles III

coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

coronation of Queen Elizabeth II → usedRegalia → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II → featuredWork → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orb and Sceptre
Holy Roman Emperor → usesSymbol → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial orb
coronation of George VI → usesRegalia → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
William Walton → notableWork → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orb and Sceptre
Coronation of Edward VII → usedOrb → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Coronation of George IV → regaliaUsed → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Coronation of Charles III → usesObject → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Coronation of George V → usesItem → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Coronation of George I → usedRegalia → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Coronation of Charles II → usedRegalia → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
lying-in-state of Elizabeth II → coffinAdornedWith → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Honours of Scotland → part → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sceptre of Scotland
state regalia of the Russian Empire → hasPart → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Orb
Sceptre with the Cross → usedWith → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Jewel House → exhibits → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Coronation of Queen Victoria → regaliaUsed → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Waterloo Block → houses → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
Habsburg regalia → includes → Sovereign's Orb ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Orb