What is the meaning of investiture?

The ceremony of installing a new monarch.
- synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation
The ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank.
- synonyms: investment

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