investiture

The definition of an investiture is adorning or swearing in of a person for a position of authority or power.

(noun)

An example of an investiture is the United States presidential inauguration ceremony.

See investiture in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a formal investing as with an office, power, or authority, often with appropriate symbols or robes
anything that clothes or covers; vesture
Feudal Law ceremonial transfer of land to a tenant

Origin: ME < ML investitura < L investire

See investiture in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act or formal ceremony of conferring the authority and symbols of a high office.
An adornment or cover.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Medieval Latin investītūra

Origin: , from Latin investīre, to clothe; see invest

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