investiture

Meanings

Plural: investitures

Noun

• the ceremony of installing a new monarch
• the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
• The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
• The formal installation or, generally, the appointment of a bishop, or (uncountable) bishops in general.
• That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
• The parliamentary vote required to inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain.

Synonyms

coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization, investment