Re: Passing the staff
"Passing the staff" is a common phrase that means passing on authority or responsibility to someone else. In the case of a staff, that's traditionally associated with shepherds (used to keep the sheep together in a flock) and also with royalty (similar concept, actually).
There's also "passing the baton" which is similar, but generally only means that you're passing on a responsibility, rather than some sort of authority. Think of a baton race, where the runner passes the baton to the next person and then is done with the race. Very similar to "passing the torch", in fact.
A Google search of the phrase "passing the staff" will turn up a lot of instances of people in some sort of leadership position or authority retiring or stepping down, and "passing on" their authority to someone else. These include (in the quick search I just did) people in churches, activism groups, social groups, business, and education.
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