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Another word for investiture

Noun

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

    2. See also:

    accept

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Another word for investiture

Noun
    2. See also:

    installation

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Sentence Examples

  • On the other hand the pope ceded to the emperor the right of investiture by the sceptre.

  • 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.

  • They were not valid, for the investiture of the duchy had been granted only to male heirs.

  • 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.

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