Associations to the word «Investiture»

Wiktionary

INVESTITURE, noun. The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
INVESTITURE, noun. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.

Dictionary definition

INVESTITURE, noun. The ceremony of installing a new monarch.
INVESTITURE, noun. The ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats