solemnity

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A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.

ceremony adapted to impress with awe.

Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.

Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.

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.

A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.

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Little wonder, the solemnity of Ahmad Ahmad's tone was easy to pick out when he revealed this past week how Caf's flagship events will be staggered post-lockdown. Source: Internet

In the Roman Rite, the Easter octave allows no other feasts to be celebrated or commemorated during it; a solemnity, such as the Annunciation, falling within it is transferred to the following Monday. Source: Internet

A Sunday celebration of All Souls' Day is not anticipated on Saturday evening, as are a Sunday Mass and that of a solemnity or feast of the Lord that replaces a Sunday. Source: Internet

Pope Francis wipe his eyes as he presides over a Mass for the solemnity of St. Mary at the beginning of the new year, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. Source: Internet

By the term "divine" James meant "any object that is godlike, whether it be a concrete deity or not" (ibid, p. 34) to which the individual feels impelled to respond with solemnity and gravity. Source: Internet

Hughes, pp. 73–74 In the Savoy operas, fugal style is reserved for making fun of legal solemnity in Trial by Jury and Iolanthe (e. Source: Internet

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