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.