Investiture

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or formal ceremony of conferring the authority and symbols of a high office.
  • n. An adornment or cover.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
  • n. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. Livery of seizin.
  • n. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    installation    induction    initiation    promotion   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    investment    clothing    covering   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    consecration    coronation    ordination    abdication    ratification   
     
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