The phrase "adoption of title" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to legal, academic, or organizational matters where a title is being formally accepted or taken on.
Example: "The adoption of title for the new project was finalized during the last board meeting."
Alternatives: "acceptance of title" or "assumption of title".
After the war he changed his surname to Dassault, a change reflected in his company's adoption of the title Générale Aéronautique Marcel Dassault in 1955.
A proclamation ceremony was held on 13 February 1886, whereby Abu Bakar made an official announcement on his adoption of the title "Sultan" in place of "Maharaja".
Reports had reached the Sultan of Ibrahim's impudence during a campaign against the Persian Safavid empire: in particular his adoption of the title serasker sultan was seen as a grave affront to Suleiman.
The widespread adoption of these titles confuses some consumers, who are unable to "differentiate among the blurring traditional channel segments of the advice market," according to a recent study by Cerulli Associates, a Boston consulting firm.
The Orkhon inscriptions, a memorial erected by the Turks, lamented the Tang influence on the Turks and the Turkic adoption of Chinese titles: "The Turkish people let their state.... go to ruin... their sons worthy of becoming lords became slaves, and their daughters worthy of becoming ladies became servants to the Chinese people.
The adoption of the royal title by Qin was of course a challenge to Qi and Wei.
With the adoption of the Saxon title of earl (undoubtedly owed to the influence of Alexander's Saxon mother, the sainted Queen Margaret) and its integration with the Celtic mormaer, these powerful men added a personal title of dignity to their territorial title and judicial status.
With the adoption of the imperial title tennō, translated from the Chinese t'ien-huang, or "heavenly emperor," the Chinese concept of the emperor as the supreme symbol of central government rule was incorporated into the native Japanese interpretation of the emperor as also the leading Shintō cult figure.
And, just as President Bush had borrowed from movie-poster lingo in his reports to the American public — the vow to capture bin Laden "dead or alive," and the adoption of Hollywood-style titles such as "Infinite Justice" — so the Chinese video-makers had been quick to spot the star potential of the world's most-wanted terrorist.
