Investiture

Investiture
Investiture In*ves"ti*ture (?; 135), n. [LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]

2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin. [1913 Webster]

The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony of corporal investiture, or open delivery of possession. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. [1913 Webster]

While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal weeds. --Trench. [1913 Webster]


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