lay investiture
lay investiture (教会法)国王为主教举行的俗权授职仪式在主教向其举行称臣效忠礼上举行。 (→investiture)
LAY INVESTITURE
lay investiture
lay investiture. Eccles. law. The ceremony by which a layperson places a bishop in possession of lands, money revenues, and other diocesan temporalities.