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investure en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/
- /ɪnˈvɛstjʊə(ɹ)/
Meanings
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(obsolete) investiture; investment
they gained the Power of giving Investures, receiving Appeals to Rome, and of sending Legates to England
1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]:
investure en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/
- /ɪnˈvɛstjʊə(ɹ)/
Meanings
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(obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
Monks […] investured in their copes.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
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Relateds
vestment · vesture