The action of investing with a rank, title, status, or function; the fact of being so invested; an appointment to a position of status.
| 单词 | θ156602 |
| 释义 | society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > [noun] > investing with a rank or title (14) creation1425 The action of investing with a rank, title, status, or function; the fact of being so invested; an appointment to a position of status. investiture1549 The action of investing someone, or the fact of being invested, with an office, rank, honour, etc.; a formal or ceremonial installation or induction… cincture of sword1587 spec. cincture of sword: The girding on of a sword, as a ceremony of investiture with a dukedom or earldom. Obsolete. investure1825 The action or an act of investing someone or something (in various senses of the verb); spec. that of investing someone in an office, rank, honour… Subcategories:— conferring of knighthood (9) — titles conferred on sovereign's birthday (1) |
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