The ceremony in which a Baron and/or Baroness or a Prince and Princess of a Principality are formally declared as heads of their Barony or rulers of their Principality
A special ceremony where girls and adults become Girl Scouts for the first time They make the Girl Scout Promise and receive their Girl Scout pin See also Rededication
Receiving the benefice of a bishop or abbot through the reception of one or more symbols of that office (e g ring, crosier pectoral cross) Since many medieval prelates exercised both civil and ecclesiastical office there were centuries of debate as to whether they should be invested by church or state officials or both
The act or ceremony of investing, or the state of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing
the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
An investiture is a ceremony in which someone is given an official title. Edward VIII's investiture as Prince of Wales in 1911. a ceremony at which someone is given an official title investiture of
{i} bestowing; authorization bestowing of authority; inauguration, bringing into office
Practice of state appointment of bishops; Pope Gregory VII attempted to ban the practice of lay investiture, leading to war with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV (p 383)
The ceremony wherein a Prince and Princess receive their Coronets, a Landed Baron and Baroness receive the insignia of their Barony, or an officer receives tokens of office The related verb is "invested"