investiture

Noun

Meaning

The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.

Livery of seizin.

That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering.

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After 61 days of harsh imprisonment, during which Prince Robert I of Capua 's Norman army was repulsed on its rescue mission, Paschal II yielded and guaranteed investiture to the Emperor. Source: Internet

Advising the English king of his precarious predicament, he persuaded John to abandon his opposition to papal investiture and agreed to accept the papal legate's decision in any ecclesiastical disputes as final. Source: Internet

Against lay investiture they won only a limited success, and one that seemed less impressive as the years passed. Source: Internet

As for Burgundy and Italy, elections were to be held without interference by the Emperor, and consecration and investiture by the ecclesial superior would, here, precede the investiture with the scepter which was to follow some time afterwards. Source: Internet

After the president is elected, he goes through a solemn investiture ceremony called a "passation des pouvoirs" ("handing over of powers"). Source: Internet

As William of Champeaux assured Henry V, he had nothing to lose by surrendering the right of investiture. Source: Internet

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