She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside.
Sir W. Scott.
2. To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by
the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained
minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president.
Unworthily Thou wast installed in that high degree.
Shak.
In`stal*la"tion (?), n. [F. installation, LL. installatio: cf. It.
installazione. See Install.]
1. The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or
order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an
ordained minister in a parish.
On the election, the bishop gives a mandate for his installation.
Ayliffe.
2. (Mech.) The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and
accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in
electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.