Investiture /(?; 135)/

In·ves·ti·ture

Investiture

n.
  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.
  2. Livery of seizin. (Feudal Law)
    The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony of corporal investiture, or open delivery of possession.
  3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering.
    While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal weeds.