Used in a Sentence

investiture

How to use investiture in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for investiture.

Editorial note

So how much investiture into sporting facilities do EU countries end up fronting? Is it as bad as the US?

Examples9
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

the ceremony of installing a new monarch

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of investiture gathered in one view.

noun

the ceremony of installing a new monarch

noun

the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for investiture.

noun

the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

Example sentences

1

So how much investiture into sporting facilities do EU countries end up fronting? Is it as bad as the US?

2

We keep getting told that there are overheads in running a journal; that open-access can't work without significant investiture. I disagree.

3

We're a K-selection species: we have a few offspring and we invest our resources in them quite heavily, like most mammals, and the higher the mammal, the bigger the investiture. As such, your suggestion is quite literally against human nature.

4

I have insufficient personal investiture to argue the private packet capture point further; my personal morality doesn't tend to hinge on what other people should be doing, but what I should be doing. In an ecosystem that doesn't and shouldn't protect me from capture of my packets in the commons, I should be encrypting my packets.

5

In essence, you can factor in a unit-based investiture that pays out dividends on meeting certain business liquidity scenarios and operating rules. Those units can be sold or traded at will, with new buy in "partners" accepting the new operating license of the business.

6

Can you honestly and with good faith say that you consider it more reasonably feasible for projects to raise multiple millions of dollars on a Kickstarter-esque platform than for private investiture to take the risk of profitability on such a project? You tell us to "use our imagination" to defend your argument for you.

7

It's always funny to see people wishing death to companies that they've probably invested parts of their 401ks in unknowingly, or had their insurance payouts come out investiture in. Our economy is less like a cabal of fat cats twirling mustaches and puffing cigars at the thought of how they can further disenfranchise the poor, and more like an ecosystem.

8

That group of lobbyists are the same that tried to harass the President during her recent trip to the United States passing out aggressive fliers against the presidential investiture. Another of its actions was to place a gigantic rat in the doorway of the Argentine embassy in Washington when the anniversary of our independence was being celebrated.

9

John also may have been a desirable monarch because he was initially a useful idiot and managed to ride luck to transform that initial investiture of some power into a stronger reign. Lastly, popular support is from the factions, not the people - in medieval europe most of the people had no factional representation politically, all the power had been entirely concentrated in the various estates.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use investiture in a sentence?

So how much investiture into sporting facilities do EU countries end up fronting? Is it as bad as the US?

What does investiture mean?

the ceremony of installing a new monarch

What part of speech is investiture?

investiture is commonly used as noun.