'Solemnity' definitions:
Definition of 'solemnity'
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noun
noun
Definition of 'Solemnity'
From: GCIDE
- Solemnity \So*lem"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Solemnities. [L. solemnitas, solennitas: cf. F. solennit['e], solemnit['e], OF. also sollempnit['e].]
- 1. A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament. [1913 Webster]
- 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 honors to the god of day. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. ceremony adapted to impress with awe. [1913 Webster]
- The forms and solemnities of the last judgment. --Atterburry. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity. [1913 Webster]
- With much glory and great solemnity. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The statelines and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath. --J. Edwards. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hence, affected gravity or seriousness. [1913 Webster]
- Solemnity 's a cover for a sot. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Law) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'solemnity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aridity,
- augustness,
- baccalaureate service,
- barrenness,
- bleakness,
- bloodlessness,
- buckram,
- celebration,
- ceremonial,
- ceremoniousness,
- ceremony,
- characterlessness,
- circumstance,
- colorlessness,
- commencement,
- consequence,
- convocation,
- courtliness,
- darkness,
- deadness,
- dignifiedness,
- dignity,
- dismalness,
- dragginess,
- dreariness,
- dryness,
- dullness,
- dustiness,
- duty,
- earnestness,
- effeteness,
- elevation,
- emptiness,
- empty formality,
- etiolation,
- exercise,
- exercises,
- extrinsicality,
- flatness,
- form,
- form of worship,
- formal,
- formality,
- formalization,
- formula,
- formulary,
- function,
- gloom,
- gloominess,
- graduation,
- graduation exercises,
- grandeur,
- gravity,
- grimness,
- heaviness,
- heraldry,
- hollowness,
- holy rite,
- impersonality,
- importance,
- impressiveness,
- inanity,
- inaugural,
- inauguration,
- inexcitability,
- initiation,
- insipidity,
- insipidness,
- institution,
- jejunity,
- kingliness,
- leadenness,
- lifelessness,
- liturgy,
- loftiness,
- lordliness,
- lowness of spirit,
- majesty,
- mode of worship,
- moderation,
- momentousness,
- mummery,
- mystery,
- no joke,
- no laughing matter,
- nobility,
- observance,
- office,
- order of worship,
- ordinance,
- paleness,
- pallor,
- performance,
- pointlessness,
- pokiness,
- pomp,
- pomposity,
- ponderousness,
- practice,
- prescribed form,
- pride,
- pride of bearing,
- pride of place,
- primness,
- princeliness,
- proud bearing,
- regality,
- religious ceremony,
- reserve,
- rigidness,
- rite,
- rite de passage,
- rite of passage,
- ritual,
- ritual observance,
- rituality,
- sacrament,
- sacramental,
- sedateness,
- seriousness,
- service,
- slowness,
- sober-mindedness,
- soberness,
- sobersidedness,
- sobersides,
- sobriety,
- solemnization,
- solemnness,
- somberness,
- spiritlessness,
- staidness,
- starchiness,
- state,
- stateliness,
- sterility,
- stiffness,
- stiltedness,
- stodginess,
- stuffiness,
- stylization,
- sublimity,
- superficiality,
- taciturnity,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- temperance,
- uninterestingness,
- unliveliness,
- vapidity,
- vapidness,
- venerability,
- wearifulness,
- wearisomeness,
- weight,
- weightiness,
- woodenness,
- worthiness