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lay investitures

lay investitures is the plural of lay investiture.

Meaning of lay investiture

Noun

lay investiture (countable and uncountable, plural lay investitures)

  1. The appointment of religious officials (commonly bishops) by secular subjects (commonly kings or nobles).

Questions about lay investitures

What is lay investitures the plural of?
Lay investitures is the plural of lay investiture.

Words near lay investitures in the dictionary

  1. lay in the bed one had made
  2. lay in the way
  3. lay in wait
  4. lay into
  5. lay investiture
  6. lay investitures
  7. lay it on
  8. lay it on thick
  9. lay judge
  10. lay judges
  11. lay lord

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