investiture (n.)

  1. the ceremony of installing a new monarch

    [ Syn: coronation , enthronement , enthronization , enthronisation ]

  2. the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

    [ Syn: investment ]

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