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   In·ves·ti·ture

   /inˈvestəˌCHo͝or/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action of formally investing a person with honors or rank: "the investiture of bishops"
   • ▪ a ceremony at which honors or rank are formally conferred on a particular person.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin investitura, from investire (see invest).

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   What did you know about the investiture?

   • Did you know? In its original meaning, an investiture was the clothing of a new officeholder in garments that symbolized power. The Middle Ages saw much debate over the investiture of bishops by kings and emperors.

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   Where does the word 'investiture' come from?

   • The word 'investiture' comes from the Latin word for dressing, or robing, in reference to the formal dress with which an incumbent being invested with a throne or a very high rank might be adorned, as part of the insignia for that role. A look at preparations before The Queen holds an Investiture at Buckingham Palace

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   What is a concrete example of a rite of investiture?

   • Concrete cases illustrate the ideal-typical dimension of investiture. Thus, investiture became a means of forging a loose but extensive network of political alliances expressed through religious hegemony. Rites of investiture would have been highly public events. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   investiture /ɪn ˈ vɛstətʃɚ/ noun. plural investitures. Britannica Dictionary definition of INVESTITURE. [count, noncount] formal. : a formal ceremony at which someone is placed in an office or given an official rank. the investiture of the Prince of Wales.

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   1. : the act of establishing in office or ratifying. 2. : something that covers or adorns. Did you know? In its original meaning, an investiture was the clothing of a new officeholder in garments that symbolized power. The Middle Ages saw much debate over the investiture of bishops by kings and emperors.

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   noun. 1. a formal investing as with an office, power, or authority, often with appropriate symbols or robes. 2. anything that clothes or covers; vesture. 3. Feudal. ceremonial transfer of land to a tenant. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin.

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