investiture
Formal authority bestowal
Investiture is the formal ceremony of conferring authority, rank, or office upon someone—installing them in a position of power: the investiture of the Prince of Wales, the bishop's investiture.
The word implies ritual solemnity, often involving symbolic garments or regalia.
More broadly, investiture can mean any formal bestowal of rights or property.
Formal beginning ceremony
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- inductionFormal admission process
- installationProcess of putting in
- presentationFormal display to viewers
conferment · commissioning · robing · procession · regalia · robes · sash · medal
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
sovereign · royalty · diadem · enthronement · queen · king · emperor · anointment
Clergy appointment ceremony
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- anointmentRitual application of oil
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
liturgy · enrobing · dedication · baptism · clergy · bishop · priest · deacon
One who receives legacy
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ascensionMovement to higher position
primogeniture · inheritance · descendant · crown prince · regent · accession · birthright · next in line
Inherited cultural legacy
- customHabitual group practice
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- legacyWhat's passed down
protocol · pageantry · continuity · observance · ceremony · precedent · historic · symbolic
Formal authoritative directive
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- commissioningOrdering work to be made
appointment · authorization · vesting · bestowal · entrustment · office · portfolio · charge
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- inductionFormal admission process
- installationProcess of putting in
presentation · conferment · commissioning · robing · procession · regalia · robes · sash · medal · badge
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
throne · sovereign · royalty · diadem · enthronement · queen · king · emperor · anointment · regalia
ordination
Clergy appointment ceremony
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- anointmentRitual application of oil
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
sacrament · liturgy · enrobing · dedication · baptism · clergy · bishop · priest · deacon · vestments
heir
One who receives legacy
ascension · primogeniture · inheritance · descendant · crown prince · regent · accession · birthright · next in line · abdication
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
legacy · protocol · pageantry · continuity · observance · ceremony · precedent · historic · symbolic · regalia
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
commissioning · appointment · authorization · vesting · bestowal · entrustment · office · portfolio · charge · powers
dubbing
Post-production sound replacement
peerage · baronetcy · order · title · companion · commander · CBE · MBE · accolade · sword
- chivalryknighthood, knights, chivalry, medieval knights, honor
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- Scoutingbadges, scout, Boy Scouts, campfires, scouts
- British Royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
investituredivestiture
Disposal of assets
deposition · removal · removal from office · dismissal · dethronement
investituredivestiture
Disposal of assets
divestment · dispossession · forfeiture · relinquishment · confiscation
- Investiture ControversyMedieval papal-royal appointment conflict