叙じょ賜し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

bestowal of ranks, rewards, and pensions

Formal, bureaucratic term for the act of granting official ranks, honors, rewards, or pensions by an authority. Often used in historical or institutional contexts.

• 戦せん功こうにより、将しょう軍ぐんは家か臣しんに位い階かいと恩おん賞しょうを叙じょ賜しした。

  For their military achievements, the shogun bestowed ranks and rewards upon his retainers.

• 叙じょ賜しの儀ぎ式しきは厳おごそかに執とり行おこなわれた。

  The ceremony of bestowal was conducted solemnly.