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investiture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization |
| Type of | induction, initiation, installation |
| Derivation | invest |
investiture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | investment |
| Type of | promotion |
Examples of investiture
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Mas would need support for investiture and key legislation from smaller parties.
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The investiture took place in the Jefferson County Judicial Center in Louisville.
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The second match, in 1969, commemorated the investiture of the Prince of Wales.
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He had no choice but to give up investiture and the old right of naming the pope.
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The Queen has pulled out of an investiture ceremony, apparently due to a bad back.
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For the nation, Ford's investiture meant more than simply having a Veep once again.
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Among the many dignitaries in attendance at his investiture was PresidentRoosevelt.
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It is an exceptional investiture and can either be focused or broad in scope.
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If there is an investiture, the ceremony begins at 11am and lasts just over an hour.
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- Coronation: the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- Investment: the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
- Investiture, from the Latin (preposition in and verb vestire, 'dress' from vestis 'robe') is a rather general term for the formal installation of an incumbent (heir, elect of nominee) in public office, especially by taking possession of its insignia. ...
- The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right; That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment
- A ceremony in which girls are welcomed in to Girl Scouts.
- Process by which an ecclesiastical or secular dignitary is appointed to his office.
- Controversy Dispute between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors over who held ultimate authority over bishops in imperial lands. (p. 261)
- Practice of state appointment of bishops; Pope Gregory VII attempted to ban the practice of lay investiture, leading to war with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. (p. 383)
- In medieval times, delivery of property or title
