Definition of: investiture

(in·ves′tə·chər) noun
1. The act or ceremony of investing with something, as robes of office.
2. That which invests or clothes.
3. In feudal law, the delivery of possession of lands in the presence of witnesses.
4. Eccl. The ceremony of inducting an abbot or bishop into his office by placing the symbols of the office in his hands and receiving his oath of fealty.
5. Obs. Clothing. [<Med. L investitura.]