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investiture  

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  • Investiture (from the Latin Investitura and the German Gewere) involves the formal installation of an individual (incumbent) into an office, organization, or rank. The term is generally used in reference to one's installation into a formal office, such as that of the aristocracy, church, or state. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Investiture]

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