investiture

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French investiture, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin investītūra.

Noun

investiture (plural investitures)

1. The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
2. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.

Translations

act of investing

• Bulgarian: даване на власт (davane na vlast)
• Dutch: ep
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: (1) ^{(please verify)} investitura (it) f

References

• “investiture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “investiture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin investītūra. Displaced Old French envesture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.tyʁ/

Noun

investiture f (plural investitures)

1. investiture
2. (politics) inauguration

Further reading

• “investiture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

investiture f

1. plural of investitura

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) investītūre

1. vocative masculine singular of investītūrus