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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King