Thesaurus: investiture

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1. n. 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. n. Livery of seizin.
3. n. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering.
4. n. the ceremony of installing a new monarch
5. n. the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
6. 1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing. He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin. The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony oinvestiture, or open delivery of possession. Blackstone. 3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal weeds. Trench.
7. Livery of seizin.The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremonyoinvestiture, or open delivery of possession. Blackstone.
8. n:100 n the ceremony of installing a new monarch n the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank