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noun
The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: investment
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The formal installation or, generally, the appointment of a bishop, or (uncountable) bishops in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, specifically, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The parliamentary vote required to inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Spanish, countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: investment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: promotion
noun
the ceremony of installing a new monarch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: initiation, induction, installation
History
From Middle French investiture, from Medieval Latin investītūra, from investīre (“to clothe”).
Across languages
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