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noun

Investiture n.

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."

(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."

That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. "While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal weeds."

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... the custom of blessing gloves at the coronation of the kings of France, which still subsists, is a remain of the eastern practice of investiture by a glove. A remarkable instance of this ceremony is recorded. The unfortunate Conradin was deprived of his crown and his life by the usurper Mainfroy. When having ascended the scaffold, the injured prince lamenting his hard fate, asserted ...

— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli

... of "the Crown" should also be mentioned, which consisted of a circle of gold ornamented in various fashions, according to the different degrees of feudal monarchy, which vassals had to present to their lord on the day of his investiture. The right of seal was a fee or fine they had to pay for the charters which their lord caused to be ...

— Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period • Paul Lacroix

... of Celtic Songs To you by bounden right belongs; For ere War's thunder round us broke, To your content its chord I woke, Where Cymru's Prince in fealty pure Knelt for his Sire's Investiture. ...

— A Celtic Psaltery • Alfred Perceval Graves

... the mistaken assumption that man dies as matter but comes to life as spirit. The 75:3 so-called dead, in order to reappear to those still in the existence cognized by the physical senses, would need to be tangible and material, - to have 75:6 a material investiture, - or the material senses could take no ...

— Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures • Mary Baker Eddy

... life because you have led two men to embrace the true faith of Islam. But moreover, since I am not used to send away those I pardon with empty hands, I appoint you Governor of my province of Egypt. Giafer shall immediately prepare the patent of investiture, and you are to ...

— Tales of the Caliph • H. N. Crellin

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