investiture

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the ceremony of installing a new monarch
noun the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

From Middle French investiture, from Medieval Latin investītūra, from investīre (“to clothe”).

Divested of corporate investiture, he were God. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
EXPECTED INVESTITURE WITH EDWARDIAN ORDER OF MERIT. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan
It was to them, most nobly, most pathetically, a sacred investiture. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston

coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation

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