Found 2 items, similar to investiture.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: investiture investiture n 1: the ceremony of installing a new monarch [syn: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation] 2: the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank [syn: investment]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Investiture Investiture \In*ves"ti*ture\ (?; 135), n. [LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the state of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing. [1913 Webster] He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin. [1913 Webster] The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony of corporal investiture, or open delivery of possession. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. [1913 Webster] While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal weeds. --Trench. [1913 Webster]