Investiture

  • 11investiture — (in vè sti tu r ) s. f. 1°   Acte par lequel on investit quelqu un d un fief ou d une dignité ecclésiastique. •   Vous aviez promis de donner l investiture du duché de Milan au plus jeune de mes trois fils, FÉN. Dial. des morts mod. Charles Quint …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 12INVESTITURE — s. f. Acte par lequel on investit quelqu un d un fief, ou d une dignité ecclésiastique. Donner l investiture d un fief, d un évêché. Lettres d investiture. La querelle des investitures entre le saint siége et l Empire …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 13INVESTITURE — n. f. Acte par lequel on investit quelqu’un d’un titre ou d’une dignité. Donner l’investiture d’un fief, d’un évêché. Lettres d’investiture. La querelle des investitures entre le Saint Siège et l’Empire …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 14investiture — in|ves|ti|ture [ınˈvestıtʃə US tʃur] n formal a ceremony at which someone is given an official title investiture of ▪ the investiture of the Prince of Wales …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15investiture — [[t]ɪnve̱stɪtʃə(r)[/t]] investitures N COUNT An investiture is a ceremony in which someone is given an official title. ...Edward VIII s investiture as Prince of Wales in 1911 …

    English dictionary

  • 16investiture — UK [ɪnˈvestɪtʃə(r)] / US [ɪnˈvestɪˌtʃʊr] / US [ɪnˈvestɪtʃər] noun [countable] Word forms investiture : singular investiture plural investitures formal a public ceremony in which someone is given an official title …

    English dictionary

  • 17investiture — noun (C) formal a ceremony at which someone is given an official title: the investiture of the Prince of Wales investment noun 1 (C, U) the money that people or organizations have put into a company, business, or bank in order to get a profit, or …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18investiture — noun the investiture of archbishops Syn: inauguration, appointment, installation, initiation, swearing in; ordination, consecration, crowning, enthronement …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 19investiture — investitūra statusas T sritis Politika apibrėžtis Simbolinis valdžios įgaliojimų perdavimo aktas. Šiuolaikinėse parlamentinėse demokratijose – formalus įgaliojimų suteikimas naujai sudaromai vyriausybei, parlamentui balsuojant dėl vyriausybės… …

    Politikos mokslų enciklopedinis žodynas

  • 20investiture — /investatyar/ A ceremony which accompanied the grant of lands in the feudal ages, and consisted in the open and notorious delivery of possession in the presence of the other vassals, which perpetuated among them the xra of their new acquisition… …

    Black's law dictionary