When a medal is given to someone after they die, it is conferred or given after death, posthumously.
Posthumously means that it was done after the fact or death, such as a book or song by an author/singer being released after the authors/singers death (called a Posthumous Work), or a baby being born after/during the Parent's death (called a Posthumous Birth).
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Since he was killing in the battle, his medal was awarded posthumously. Leonardo da Vinci's writings were only published posthumously.
The author's book was published posthumously
Posthumously refers to after death. In this case pardoned after death.
The attorneys conferred with the judge.
I conferred with Dad on what to do about the bully at school.
Yes if you see the phrase "conferred by inoculation" it means they received a vaccine.ANS2IMMUNITY is conferred by inoculation with a vaccine.
After someone has died. A soldier who dies during a mission can be given a medal posthumously.
A posthumously produced album requires him to be dead. Justin Bieber is still alive, therefore, no albums can be produced posthumously.
A conferred degree is a degree that has been awarded or given out. If the requirements of the program have been met, but a person does not yet have their degree then it has not been conferred.
Yes, there have been a few instances where the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded posthumously. One such example is Erik Axel Karlfeldt, who was awarded the prize in 1931 after his death in 1931. Another example is Boris Pasternak, who was awarded the prize in 1958, but declined it, and it was later awarded to him posthumously in 1989.
He was a Bohemian Czech, venerated as Saint Wenceslaus in the Czech Republic to this day. He was never actually King of anywhere, but was Duke of Bohemia and had the "regal dignity and title" conferred on him (posthumously) by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I - thus the legend surrounding his name refers to him as "King".