Definition of Investitures. Meaning of Investitures. Synonyms of Investitures

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Definition of Investitures

Investiture
Investiture In*ves"ti*ture (?; 135), n. [LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture.] 1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing. He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin. The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony o? corporal investiture, or open delivery of possession. --Blackstone. 3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal weeds. --Trench.

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- September 2005. "Investitures". The official website of the Royal Family. The Royal Household. Retrieved 25 November 2023. "Investitures". Royal Household...
- Medieval Civilization 400–1500. Löffler, Klemens (1910). "Conflict of Investitures". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York:...
- authority, there were also investitures held for military officials. Such appointees were called the Shinninkan (親任官). The investiture ceremony is held in the...
- The Investiture of the Gods, also known by its Chinese titles Fengshen Yanyi (Chinese: 封神演義; pinyin: Fēngshén Yǎnyì; Wade–Giles: Fêng1-shên2 Yan3-yi4;...
- The investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales (later King Charles III), took place in Caernarfon Castle, north Wales, on 1 July 1969. The ceremony formally...
- usually given to the heir apparent of the English or British throne. An investiture is ceremonial, as the title is formally conferred via letters patent...
- The Investiture of Abbaton, the Enthronement of Abbaton, or the Encomium on Abbaton (alternatively spelled Abaddon; bl Or. 7025), is an apocalyptic, pseudepigraphical...
- Salian emperors (1024–1125), although the emperors lost power through the Investiture Controversy. Under the Hohenstaufen emperors (1138–1254), German princes...
- though the full list of 577 investitures was to be published on 11 May, Jean-Paul Delevoye, president of the investiture commission, later indicated that...
- In 1000, at the Congress of Gniezno, Bolesław obtained the right of investiture from Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, who ****ented to the creation of additional...