Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or formal ceremony of conferring the authority and symbols of a high office.
- noun An adornment or cover.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right, as to a fief or to the rights and possessions pertaining to an ecclesiastical dignity: opposed to divestiture.
- noun That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin.
- noun That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
investing , as with possession or power; formalbestowal orpresentation of apossessory or prescriptive right. - noun That which invests or
clothes ;covering ;vestment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- noun the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Let us hope the train taking him to his investiture is delayed by the wront sort of leaves on the line.
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Let us hope the train taking him to his investiture is delayed by the wront sort of leaves on the line.
Archive 2007-12-23 2007
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Lálitáditya received investiture from the Chinese Emperor.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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Andrew RT Davies: Well no I'm just making the point that there are a couple of Home Rule O'Tooles here in Wales who want to er this independence agenda it's showing up as ten percent in the polls I believe you can't try and wipe out history you have to mark history and there are important events that have happened in history in Wales and I would suggest the investiture is one of those events.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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Andrew RT Davies: Well no I'm just making the point that there are a couple of Home Rule O'Tooles here in Wales who want to er this independence agenda it's showing up as ten percent in the polls I believe you can't try and wipe out history you have to mark history and there are important events that have happened in history in Wales and I would suggest the investiture is one of those events.
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A couple of months ago, when the newspaper publisher Conrad Black became a member of Britain’s House of Lords, his induction was called an investiture as well as an ennoblement.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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A couple of months ago, when the newspaper publisher Conrad Black became a member of Britain’s House of Lords, his induction was called an investiture as well as an ennoblement.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The rite used in the investiture was the symbol of a real power claimed by the English kings, and now at last abandoned.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Chapters two to six inclusive set forth the manner of life and regulation of conduct proper to the members of the three upper castes, who have been initiated into the Brahmin religion by the sin-removing ceremony known as the investiture with the sacred cord.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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In the mean time they pass for the mandatories of the popular sovereign, with full power in all directions, because he has delegated his omnipotence to them, and the sole power, because their investiture is the most recent; under this sanction, they stalk around somewhat like supernumeraries at the Opera, dressed in purple and gold, representing
The French Revolution - Volume 2 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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