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.

Noun

(celebrities)

(label) A rite or ceremony.

(label) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.

A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population; a famous person ().

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, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.}}