investiture
1. the ceremony of installing a new monarch • Syn: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation • Derivationally related forms: invest, enthrone (for: enthronisation), enthrone (for: enthronization), enthrone (for: enthronement), coronate (for: coronation) • Hypernyms: initiation, induction, installation 2. the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank • Syn: investment • Derivationally related forms: invest (for: investment) • Hypernyms: promotion
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