Word Meanings - SOLEMNITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid. (more info) 1. A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity

Additional info about word: SOLEMNITY

A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid. (more info) 1. A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament. Great was the cause; our old solemnities From no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, But saved from death, our Argives yearly pay These grateful honors to the god of day. Pope. 2. ceremony adapted to impress with awe. The forms and solemnities of the last judgment. Atterburry. 3. Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity. With much glory and great solemnity. Chaucer. The statelines and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language. Addison. These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath. J. Edwards. 4. Hence, affected gravity or seriousness. Solemnity 's a cover for a sot. Young. 5. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SOLEMNITY)

• Sanctity
• Holiness
• sacredness
• godliness
• piety
• solemnity

Related words: (words related to SOLEMNITY)

• PIETY
  1. Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service. Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. Rambler. 2. Duty; dutifulness;
• GODLINESS
  Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety. Godliness is profitable unto all things. 1 Tim. iv. 8.
• SOLEMNITY
  A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid. (more info) 1. A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity
• SANCTITY
  1. The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness. To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion. Macaulay. 2. Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability;
• HOLINESS
  1. The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence. Who is like thee, glorious in holiness! Ex. xv. 11. 2. The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship;
• MELANCHOLINESS
  The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.
• IMPIETY
  1. The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness. 2. An impious act; an act of wickednes. Those impieties for the which they are now visited. Shak. Syn. -- Ungodliness; irreligion;