INVESTITURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does investiture mean? 

• INVESTITURE (noun)
  The noun INVESTITURE has 2 senses:

1. the ceremony of installing a new monarch

2. the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

  Familiarity information: INVESTITURE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVESTITURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ceremony of installing a new monarch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

coronation; enthronement; enthronisation; enthronization; investiture

Hypernyms ("investiture" is a kind of...):

induction; initiation; installation (a formal entry into an organization or position or office)

Derivation:

invest (provide with power and authority)

invest (furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

investiture; investment

Hypernyms ("investiture" is a kind of...):

promotion (act of raising in rank or position)

 Context examples 

This investiture of the grotesque and impossible with reality, he looked upon as a trick—a skilful trick at best.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)