different between coronation vs investiture

English

Etymology

From Middle English coronacion, coronacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman coronacion, coronation, from coroner or from Late Latin coronatio, coronationem, from Latin corono.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k????ne???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k????ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

coronation (plural coronations)

1. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.
2. (figuratively) A success in the face of little or no opposition.

Related terms

• coronate
• corona
• crown

Translations

Anagrams

• otoancorin

English

Etymology

From Middle French investiture, from Medieval Latin invest?t?ra, from invest?re (“to clothe”).

Noun

investiture (plural investitures)

1. The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
2. That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.

Translations

Further reading

• investiture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• investiture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “investiture”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Investiture in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

French

Etymology

Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin invest?t?ra. Displaced Old French envesture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v?s.ti.ty?/

Noun

investiture f (plural investitures)

1. investiture
2. (politics) inauguration

Further reading

• “investiture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

investiture f

1. plural of investitura

Latin

Participle

invest?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of invest?t?rus