inauguration in French: assermentation vs. investiture

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inauguration in French: assermentation vs. investiture

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investiture = the whole thing
assermentation = just the swearing part

You can have an investiture without an assermentation because the investiture is just an authority figure giving something of worth to someone else. An assermentation (oath of office) is generally done at coronations and inaugurations but investitures don’t have to be such

For example, the British monarch Charles III knights several thousand people a year for various accolades. They are invested by the monarch with some sort of honour that doesn’t require an oath because it’s something to recognise them