investitures
Ceremonies conferring authority
Investitures is the plural of investiture, a formal ceremony conferring authority, rank, or office.
The word typically appears in historical or religious contexts: medieval investitures of bishops, the investiture of the Prince of Wales.
The ceremony usually involves symbolic objects—robes, rings, or other regalia that represent the power being transferred.
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- installationProcess of putting in
- crowningInstalling as monarch
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
robing · anointing · regalia · scepter · orb · throne · procession · pageantry
Clergy appointment ceremony
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
mitre · crosier · laying on of hands · diocese · cathedral · canonical · apostolic · pallium
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- installationProcess of putting in
- crowningInstalling as monarch
inauguration · robing · anointing · regalia · scepter · orb · throne · procession · pageantry · ritual
ordination
Clergy appointment ceremony
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
vestments · mitre · crosier · laying on of hands · diocese · cathedral · canonical · apostolic · pallium · stole
fiefdom
Feudal territory under lord
fealty · manor · land grant · tenure · liege · knight · ceremony · medieval · nobility · allegiance
portfolio
Collected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- bondsTies that unite
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
capital · allocation · assets · dividends · returns · equity · holdings · funds · market · shares
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- royal dutiesroyal tours, royal engagements, state visits, public appearances, audiences
- Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth, reign, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Prince Philip
investituresdepositions
Formal pretrial questioning
divestitures · removals · dismissals · resignations · abdications
investituresdivestitures
Sales of owned assets
divestments · forfeitures · surrenders · relinquishments · confiscations
investituresresignations
Formal job departures
abdications · renunciations · retirements · departures · withdrawals
- Investiture ControversyMedieval papal-royal appointment conflict