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Solemnity vs Ceremony - What's the difference?

solemnity | ceremony |

As nouns the difference between solemnity and ceremony

is that solemnity is the quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn while ceremony is a ritual with religious significance.

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.

    • Anagrams

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    References

    ceremony

    English

    (wikipedia ceremony)

    Alternative forms

    * (both archaic)

    Noun

    (ceremonies)
  • A ritual with religious significance.
  • An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
  • A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks.
  • (obsolete) An omen or portent.
  • * 1599 , , II. i. 197:
    • For he is superstitious grown of late, / Quite from the main opinion he held once / Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies.
  • * 1599 , , II. ii. 14:
    • Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, / Yet now they fright me.

    Derived terms

    * ceremonial * ceremonially * ceremonialness * ceremonious * ceremoniously * ceremoniousness * ramp ceremony

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