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Investiture

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, investiture means: The formal installation of a person in an office, often through the presentation of symbols of authority.

In Turkish: makam tevcihi, törenle yetki verme

How it is used

Historical disputes about investiture concern who may confer office as well as the ceremony itself.

Example sentences

  1. The investiture included the presentation of a ring and staff.

    Objects visibly communicate the authority being conferred.

  2. Ruler and clergy disagreed over control of episcopal investiture.

    The issue is the power to appoint, not simply ritual design.

Common collocations

  • episcopal investiture
  • investiture ceremony
  • monarchyA system of government in which a king, queen, emperor or other hereditary ruler is head of state, or a country governed in this way.
  • sovereigntySupreme authority over a territory and its people, including the right to make laws and to govern without control from any outside power.

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