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solemnity | solemnize |

As a noun solemnity

is the quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.

As a verb solemnize is

to make solemn, or official, through ceremony or legal act.

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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    solemnize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * solemnise (UK)

    Verb

    (solemniz)
  • (US) To make solemn, or official, through ceremony or legal act.
    • The couple chose to solemnize their relationship in a secular ceremony, instead of having a wedding.
  • * Hooker
    • Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another.
  • * Milton
    • Their choice nobility and flowers / Met from all parts to solemnize this feast.
  • To make grave, serious, and reverential.
  • * J. C. Shairp
    • Wordsworth was solemnized and elevated by this his first look on Yarrow.
  • * L. Wallace
    • Every Israelite and prayed.

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