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Investiture vs Disinvestiture - What's the difference?

investiture | disinvestiture |

As nouns the difference between investiture and disinvestiture

is that investiture is the act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right while disinvestiture is the act of depriving of investiture.

investiture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
  • That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.

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    disinvestiture

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The act of depriving of investiture.
    • Ogilvie.
    (Webster 1913)