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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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investiture

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Noun

HYPHEN

in=ves=ti=ture

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun investiture has 2 senses

investiture(n = noun.event) coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization - the ceremony of installing a new monarch;

is a kind of induction, initiation, installation

Derived forms verb invest₄, verb invest₃

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

is a kind of promotion

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CIDE DICTIONARY

investiture, n. [LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture.].

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." [1913 Webster]
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." [1913 Webster]
That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. [1913 Webster]
"While we yet have on
Our gross investiture of mortal weeds." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

investiture, n.
1 the formal investing of a person with honours or rank, esp. a ceremony at which a sovereign confers honours.
2 (often foll. by with) the act of enduing (with attributes).

Etymology

ME f. med.L investitura (as INVEST)

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THESAURUS

investiture

accedence, acceptance, accession, accommodation, accordance, admission, admittance, anchorage, apostolic orders, apparel, appointment, array, attire, award, awarding, baptism, bedizenment, bestowal, bestowment, calling, canonization, clothes, clothing, colonization, communication, concession, conferment, conferral, consecration, contribution, coronation, costume, deliverance, delivery, donation, drapery, dress, dressing, duds, election, endowment, enlistment, enrollment, enthronement, establishment, fashion, fatigues, feathers, fig, fixation, foundation, furnishment, garb, garments, gear, gifting, giving, grant, granting, guise, habiliment, habit, holy orders, immission, impartation, impartment, inaugural, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, installment, instatement, institution, intromission, investment, liberality, linen, lodgment, major orders, minor orders, mooring, nomination, offer, ordainment, orders, ordination, peopling, placement, plantation, population, presentment, provision, rags, raiment, reading in, robes, settlement, settling, sportswear, style, subscription, supplying, surrender, taking office, threads, togs, toilette, trim, vestment, vesture, vouchsafement, wear, wearing apparel

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ROGET THESAURUS

investiture

Commission

N commission, delegation, consignment, assignment, procuration, deputation, legation, mission, embassy, agency, agentship, power of attorney, clerkship, surrogacy, errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur, permit, appointment, nomination, designation, return, charter, ordination, installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in, accession, coronation, enthronement, vicegerency, regency, regentship, viceroy, consignee, deputy, agent, delegate, consignee, commissioned, per procurationem.

Giving

N giving, bestowal, bestowment, donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle, graft, grease, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor, giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary, gratis, donative, auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare.