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• n  the ceremony of installing a new monarch
• n  the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

• The rite of investiture with the gold and purple Garter was neatly performed next day by the Duke of Gloucester, just below the well-turned knee of the Son of Heaven.
• Less welcome, however, is what he received on the eve of his investiture: a report effectively designating Bulgaria the most corrupt and crime-ridden member of the European Union.
• At the state reception which followed there were those who looked upon their King reproachfully, recalling words which he uttered as a boy of 16 at his investiture:.

• coronation
• enthronement
• enthronization
• enthronisation
• investment

News & Articles

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• Catholic Bishop Larry Silva to be invested into Royal Order of Kamehameha I
  The Royal Order of Kamehameha I will bestow the order of Honorary Alii Knight Companion, 7th degree, on Roman Catholic Bishop Larry Silva, in an investiture ceremony, 6 p.m., June 25, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu.
  June 23, 2013 - Hawaii News Now

Quotes

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• Patrick Stewart in Toronto Sun
  The act itself has not yet taken place, and I'm not quite clear what that act is,Stewart said. "But what is, I think, called the investiture will happen during the spring. What has happened is that all of the new year's honourees have been...
• Kelly Holmes in Jamaica Observer
  When I heard the national anthem, at the start of the investiture, it brought tears to my eyes, because it brought back memories of standing on the rostrum in Athens,Holmes said.
• Amy Tuck in The Commercial Dispatch
  At Dr. Keenum's request, we have scaled back investiture events in recognition of the economic realities our university and state face,said Amy Tuck, investiture committee chair.