solemnity

IPA: sʌɫˈɛmnʌti

noun

  • The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
  • An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
  • (Catholicism) 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.
  • (law) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
  • (obsolete) A celebration or festivity.
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Examples of "solemnity" in Sentences

  • The day is observed with due solemnity.
  • The pomp began the ceremony in solemnity.
  • Surrender does not constitute the solemnity.
  • It is a solemnity in the Roman Catholic Calendar.
  • It is a solemnity in the Roman Catholic ceremony.
  • It helps to emphasize the solemnity of the tributes and burials.
  • St. John of the Cross 'solemnity is celebrated today by the Discalced Carmelites.
  • Thus without pomp or solemnity is the body of Jesus laid in the cold and silent grave.
  • All of this points to a new interest in solemnity, decorum, and beauty in Catholic liturgy.
  • The film's solemnity is appropriate for its subject matter, and it reflects the artist's sincerity.
  • The word solemnity is here used to denote the amount of intrinsic or extrinsic pomp with which a feast is celebrated.
  • Thus we have seen this sealed book passing with great solemnity from the hand of the Creator into the hand of the Redeemer.
  • The term solemnity is also used in contracts, especially matrimony, in votive Masses, in vows, and in ecclesiastical trials.
  • Isaiah 30: 29 "Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord."
  • 29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
  • And while Old Hurricane stared his eyes half out, the parties most interested opened the papers, which they found to be rather pressing invitations to be present at a certain solemnity at Staunton.

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