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INVESTITURE

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• 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.

• INVESTITURE (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

Sense 2

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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)

"Ignorance is bliss."
(English proverb)
"The work of the youth is a blanket for the old."
(Albanian proverb)
"Close the door from which the wind blows and relax."
(Arabic proverb)
"One bird in your hand is better than ten on the roof."
(Danish proverb)

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