Solemnity

Definitions

1. The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
   countable, uncountable
2. An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
   countable, uncountable
3. A feast day of the highest rank celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or another important saint.
   countable, uncountable
4. A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
   countable, uncountable
5. A celebration or festivity.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

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العربيةالجدّيّة

Българскисериозност

Bosanskitržastvoтржаство

Danskhøjtidelighed

Esperantoseleno

Suomijuhlallisuusjuhlavuus

हिन्दीधीरज

Hrvatskitržastvoтржаство

Italianosolennità

日本語厳粛荘厳

한국어엄숙

Latinasolemniumsollemnesollemnitas

Polskipodniosłość

Portuguêssolenidade

Românăsolemnitate

Русскийзначимостьсерьезностьторжественность

Српскиtržastvoтржаство

Svenskahögstämdhethögtidlighetsolennitet

Türkçeciddiyet

Українськаторжество

Examples

“the solemnity of a funeral”

“The stateliness and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language.”

“These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath.”

“There has been nothing in archæology that has made such a vivid impression on the popular imagination as Mr. Arthur Evans's excavations at Knossos. The Minotaur! the Labyrinth—such words do not suggest⟳ the solemnities of antiquarian research⟳.”

“Great was the cauſe; our old ſolemnities / From no blind zeal or fond tradition riſe, / But ſav'd from death, our Argives yearly pay⟳ / Theſe grateful honours to the God of Day.”

“This is the Man after God's Heart, […] by endeavouring, when he aſſiſted at thoſe Solemnities, to perform⟳ them with the utmoſt Attention, Alacrity, and holy Warmth of Mind⟳, of which he was capable.”

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