investment, investiture
(noun) the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture
(noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
investiture (plural investitures)
The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.
Source: Wiktionary
In*ves"ti*ture, n. Etym: [LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture.]
1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the 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)
Definition: Livery of seizin. The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony oinvestiture, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.