solemnity

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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.)[1]

[edit] Noun

solemnity (plural solemnities)

  1. The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
  2. An instance or example of solemn behavior.

[edit] Translations

quality of being solemn
instance of solemn behavior

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[edit] References

  1. ^ “solemnity” in the The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
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