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UK
/ɪnvˈɛstɪtʃɐ/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˈvɛstətʃɝ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈvɛstətʃɝ/ ]
NOUN
- the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
How To Use investiture In A Sentence
- At his investiture, the novitiate describes being reduced to a skeleton by spirits who devour and then restore his flesh.
- During the Conference in Casino, it was my honour to be warranted to conduct an investiture in the Order of Australia on behalf of the Governor-General of Australia, Peter Hollingworth, to Mrs Edith Reeves.
- He did indeed go into exile rather than abandon his observance of the papal decree of 1099 condemning the lay investiture of clergy with churches and ecclesiastical offices.
- Conversely, some social situations, such as those occurring during a ceremonial investiture, are scenes in which few, if any, of these situationally unoriented activities are allowed. Behavior in Public Places
- Following a karakia the group was allowed to go on to the site where the students were able to touch the investiture pillar Taumakeva.
- The encouragement of pilgrimage and papal investiture of bishops with the pallium (the symbol of office), as recorded enthusiastically by Bede, were among the means used to secure the ‘Romanizing’ of Christianity.
- Russell was pleased to be given the OM, and went to Buckingham Palace for the investiture.
- The next occasion is that of an investiture at Buckingham Palace.
- An aging, well-dressed don masked in dark glasses sits before a Tiepolo-like fresco of some celestial investiture involving putto and sword.
- Coming up: an audience with United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan and an investiture ceremony where he will be honoured by Queen Elizabeth.