1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the state of being invested, as
with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.
He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops.
Sir W. Raleigh.
1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the state of being invested, as
with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.
He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops.
Sir W. Raleigh.