Definition of investitures:
(n) :
The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
(n) :
(specifically, chiefly historical) The formal installation or, generally, the appointment of a bishop, or (uncountable) bishops in general.
(n) :
(Spanish politics) The parliamentary vote required to inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain.
(n) :
That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment.