What does investiture mean?
Definitions for investiture
ɪnˈvɛs tɪ tʃər, -ˌtʃʊərin·vesti·ture
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Princeton's WordNet
coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiturenoun
the ceremony of installing a new monarch
investment, investiturenoun
the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
Wiktionary
investiturenoun
The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
investiturenoun
That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Investiturenoun
Etymology: French.
He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops, and collation of ecclesiastical dignities within his dominions. Walter Raleigh, Essays.
Wikipedia
Investiture
Investiture (from the Latin preposition in and verb vestire, "dress" from vestis "robe") is a formal installation or ceremony that a person undergoes, often related to membership in Christian religious institutes as well as Christian knighthoods or damehoods, in addition to government offices. In an investiture, a person may receive an outward sign of their membership, such as their religious habit, an ecclesiastical decoration (as with chivalric orders) or a scapular (as with confraternities); they may be given the authority and regalia of a high office. Investiture can include formal dress and adornment such as robes of state or headdress, or other regalia such as a throne or seat of office. An investiture is also often part of a coronation rite or enthronement.
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investiture
Investiture is a formal ceremony or process where a person is given or granted an official rank, authority, rights, or symbols of office, often in a religious, political, or other institutional context. This could include the crowning of a monarch, the inauguration of a president, or the ordination of a priest.
Webster Dictionary
Investiturenoun
the act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing
Investiturenoun
livery of seizin
Investiturenoun
that with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering
Etymology: [LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture.]
Wikidata
Investiture
Investiture, from the Latin is a rather general term for the formal installation of an incumbent as the insignia can include the formal dress and adornment the etymology refers to, but also other regalia in the widest sense, such as a throne or other seat of office, the word is a convenient generic term, also for such more specific cases as coronation and enthronement, though these are also used in such extended sense.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of investiture in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of investiture in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of investiture in a Sentence
Her Majesty The Queen remains in good health, the Queen last saw The Prince of Wales briefly after the investiture on the morning of 12th March and is following all the appropriate advice with regard to her welfare.
Senate Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli:
What should be a day of celebration (for Oregon) is turning into a day of reflection and mourning, we appear to be nearing the resignation of our governor and the investiture of a new governor.
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