investiture

From Middle French investiture, from Medieval Latin investītūra.

investiture (plural investitures)

1. The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
2. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.

• investiture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• investiture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin investītūra. Displaced Old French envesture.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃vɛstityʁ/

investiture f (plural investitures)

1. investiture
2. (politics) inauguration

• “investiture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

investiture f

1. plural of investitura

investītūre

1. vocative masculine singular of investītūrus