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In this context, a mantle is an outer garment that denoted the power and authority of the one who wore it. Most notably, when the prophet Elijah went to heaven, his understudy, Elisha "inherited the mantle" or the authority of the prophet. In common usage, it has come to mean a chosen successor.

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