solemnize

IPA: sʌɫˈɛmnaɪz

Examples of "solemnize" in Sentences

He needn't know when the old lady died, but it will kind of solemnize him. "
It is all so grotesque when one remembers how ready they are to 'solemnize' -- save the mark!
Proposed marriage bills in Albany have stated that no clergyman or minister would be forced to solemnize a same-sex union.
The purpose of the oath and the bible is just to solemnize the occasion and remind the declarant of his obligation to tell the truth.
If those who are religious wish to do so, they can receive a civil union, then "solemnize" their union in a marriage within their religion.
In the Diocese of New York, Bishop Mark Sisk said local priests could bless couples who marry elsewhere in a civil ceremony, but could not solemnize the marriages.
The New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which includes four of the five states with gay marriage, issued a document stating that pastors can choose to solemnize same-sex marriages in individual churches that give their approval.
For the sake of every citizen, and most of all for the sake of the children, it should "solemnize" marriage, and should do so on the understanding -- clearly expressed -- that those who come to be married intend to be faithful to each other "as long as they both shall live."