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noun
The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: gravity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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noun
A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
A celebration or festivity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
a trait of dignified seriousness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sedateness, staidness, solemness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity
noun
a solemn and dignified feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: gravity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feeling
Narrower terms: earnestness, seriousness, sincerity
History
From solemn + -ity, from Middle English solemnity (“observance of formality and ceremony”), frequently in the phrases in solemnity, with solemnity, which from Old French solemnite, from Latin sollemnitās, from sollemnis. (Compare solemn.)
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
