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investiture

n.

induction, inauguration, instatement, admission; see installation 1.

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Another word for investiture

noun

The act or process of formally admitting a person to membership or office:

inaugural, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, instatement. See accept

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On the other hand the pope ceded to the emperor the right of investiture by the sceptre.
In this concordat a distinction was made between spiritual investiture, by the ring and pastoral staff, and lay or feudal investiture, by the sceptre.
They made him senator of Rome and vicar of Tuscany, and promised him the investiture of the regno provided he stipulated that it should not be held in combination with the empire.
When Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony and Bavaria, was placed under the imperial ban in 1180, Otto's services were rewarded by the investiture of the dukedom of Bavaria at Altenburg.
The emperor renounced investiture by ring and staff, and permitted canonical elections; the pope on his part recognized the king's right to perform lay investiture and to assist at elections.

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