investiture

Meaning

investiture means the act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

• The article uses investiture to mean the act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or....
• The teacher asked students to find investiture in the reading.