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Purity vs Solemnity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between purity and solemnity

is that purity is the state or degree of being pure while solemnity is the quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.

As a proper noun Purity

is {{given name|female|from=English}} from the virtue purity.

purity

English

Noun

(purities)
  • The state or degree of being pure.

    • Antonyms

    * impurity

    solemnity

    English

    Noun

    (solemnities)
  • The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
    • the solemnity of a funeral
  • * Addison
    • The stateliness and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language.
  • * J. Edwards
    • These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath.
  • An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Great was the cause; our old solemnities / From no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, / But saved from death, our Argives yearly pay / These grateful honours to the god of day.
  • * Atterbury
    • The forms and solemnities of the last judgment.
  • (legal) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.

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