investiture

Definition of Investiture in English :

the ceremony of installing a new monarch

2. investiture, investment

the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Investiture

noun

1.

the act of presenting with a title or with the robes and insignia of an office or rank

2.

(in feudal society) the formal bestowal of the possessory right to a fief or other benefice

3. a less common word for investment (sense 7)

noun

1.

a formal investing as with an office, power, or authority, often with appropriate symbols or robes

2.

anything that clothes or covers; vesture

3. Feudal

ceremonial transfer of land to a tenant

n.

1. The act or formal ceremony of conferring the authority and symbols of a high office.

2. An adornment or cover.