Definitions of investiture [ɪnˈvɛs tɪ tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər]

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Definition of 'investiture'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) investiture
the act or process of investing, as with a rank, office, or title.

2.  investiture
the state of being invested, as with a garment, quality, etc.

3.  investiture
something that covers or adorns.

4.  investiture
Archaic. something that invests.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < ML investītūra)

Definition of 'investiture'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture
the ceremony of installing a new monarch

2. (noun) investment, investiture
the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

Definition of 'investiture'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) investiture
the act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing

2. (noun) investiture
livery of seizin

3. (noun) investiture
that with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering

Translation of 'investiture'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a ceremony of) giving (the robes etc of) high rank or office to someone.
Afrikaans: inhuldiging	Arabic: إحْتِفال رسْمي بتقليد الأ	Bulgarian: церемония при даване на в
Brazilian: investidura	Czech: investitura	German: die Amtseinsetzung
Danish: indsættelse; investitur	Greek: τελετή αναλήψης καθηκόντω	Spanish: investidura
Estonian: ametisse seadmine	Farsi: اعطای مقام	Finnish: virkaan asettaminen
French: investiture	Hebrew: טֶקֶס הַכתָרָה	Hindi: अभिषेक, अधिष्ठान
Croatian: ustoličenje	Hungarian: beiktatás	Indonesian: pelantikan
Icelandic: hátíðleg embættis-/heiður	Italian: investitura	Japanese: 就任式
Korean: 수여	Lithuanian: titulo suteikimo ceremoni	Latvian: [] ievadīšana amatā
Malay: menganugerahi	Dutch: inhuldiging	Norwegian: høytidelig innsetting
Polish: inwestytura	Persian: مراسم اعطاى رتبه	Pashto: د رتبه وركولو مراسم
Portuguese: investidura	Romanian: învestitură	Russian: инвеститура
Slovak: investitúra	Slovenian: slovesna umestitev	Serbian: postavljenje
Swedish: investitur, installation	Thai: พิธีมอบหมายอำนาจหรือตำแหน	Turkish: rütbe verme/atama töreni
Taiwanese: 授職儀式	Ukrainian: інвеститура, формальне вв	Urdu: عہدہ ، اعزاز وغیرہ بخشنے
Vietnamese: lễ phong chức	Chinese: 授职仪式
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