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investiture

noun

/ɪnˈvɛstɪtʃər/

Meaning

the formal ceremony of conferring authority, rank, or office

The king held an investiture ceremony for the new knight.

ceremony, inauguration, ordination, induction

removal, dismissal

investiture ceremony, royal investiture, official investiture

the act of taking someone away illegally by force; kidnapping

a hard-shelled tropical fruit with aromatic pulp used in beverages and medicine

a celebration or festival, often in honor of someone

light rain falling in very fine drops; a very light rainfall

the direction to the left of the north and to the right of the south, typically associated with the...

the beginning or initial stage of something