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Webster 1913 Edition

Investiture

In-ves′ti-ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[LL.
investitura
: cf. F.
investiture
.]
1.
The act or ceremony of investing, or the state 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 of 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Investiture

INVEST'ITURE

,
Noun.
The action of giving possession, or livery of seizin.
The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony of corporal investiture, or open delivery of possession.
It was customary for princes to make investiture of ecclesiastical benefices.
1.
The right of giving possession of any manor, office or benefice.
He had refused to yield to the pope the investiture of bishops.

Definition 2024

investiture

investiture

English

Noun

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.

Translations

References

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃vɛstityʁ/

Noun

investiture f ‎(plural investitures)

  1. investiture
  2. (politics) inauguration

Italian

Noun

investiture f

  1. plural of investitura

Latin

Participle

investītūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of investītūrus

Etymology

From Middle French investiture, from Medieval Latin investītūra.

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