solemnity 音标拼音: [səl'ɛmnəti]
n . 严肃,一本正经
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solemnity n 1 :
a trait of dignified seriousness [
synonym : {
sedateness },
{
staidness }, {
solemnity }, {
solemness }]
2 :
a solemn and dignified feeling [
synonym : {
gravity }, {
solemnity }]
[
ant : {
levity }]
Solemnity \
So *
lem "
ni *
ty \,
n .;
pl . {
Solemnities }. [
L .
solemnitas ,
solennitas :
cf .
F .
solennit ['
e ],
solemnit ['
e ],
OF .
also sollempnit ['
e ].]
1 .
A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence ;
religious or ritual ceremony ;
as ,
the solemnity of a funeral ,
a sacrament .
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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 .
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2 .
ceremony adapted to impress with awe .
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The forms and solemnities of the last judgment .
--
Atterburry .
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3 .
Ceremoniousness ;
impressiveness ;
seriousness ;
grave earnestness ;
formal dignity ;
gravity .
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With much glory and great solemnity . --
Chaucer .
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The statelines and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language .
--
Addison .
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These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath . --
J .
Edwards .
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4 .
Hence ,
affected gravity or seriousness .
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Solemnity '
s a cover for a sot . --
Young .
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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 .
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6 . (
Law )
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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158 Moby Thesaurus words for "
solemnity ":
aridity ,
augustness ,
baccalaureate service ,
barrenness ,
bleakness ,
bloodlessness ,
buckram ,
celebration ,
ceremonial ,
ceremoniousness ,
ceremony ,
characterlessness ,
circumstance ,
colorlessness ,
commencement ,
consequence ,
convocation ,
courtliness ,
darkness ,
deadness ,
dignifiedness ,
dignity ,
dismalness ,
dragginess ,
dreariness ,
dryness ,
dullness ,
dustiness ,
duty ,
earnestness ,
effeteness ,
elevation ,
emptiness ,
empty formality ,
etiolation ,
exercise ,
exercises ,
extrinsicality ,
flatness ,
form ,
form of worship ,
formal ,
formality ,
formalization ,
formula ,
formulary ,
function ,
gloom ,
gloominess ,
graduation ,
graduation exercises ,
grandeur ,
gravity ,
grimness ,
heaviness ,
heraldry ,
hollowness ,
holy rite ,
impersonality ,
importance ,
impressiveness ,
inanity ,
inaugural ,
inauguration ,
inexcitability ,
initiation ,
insipidity ,
insipidness ,
institution ,
jejunity ,
kingliness ,
leadenness ,
lifelessness ,
liturgy ,
loftiness ,
lordliness ,
lowness of spirit ,
majesty ,
mode of worship ,
moderation ,
momentousness ,
mummery ,
mystery ,
no joke ,
no laughing matter ,
nobility ,
observance ,
office ,
order of worship ,
ordinance ,
paleness ,
pallor ,
performance ,
pointlessness ,
pokiness ,
pomp ,
pomposity ,
ponderousness ,
practice ,
prescribed form ,
pride ,
pride of bearing ,
pride of place ,
primness ,
princeliness ,
proud bearing ,
regality ,
religious ceremony ,
reserve ,
rigidness ,
rite ,
rite de passage ,
rite of passage ,
ritual ,
ritual observance ,
rituality ,
sacrament ,
sacramental ,
sedateness ,
seriousness ,
service ,
slowness ,
sober -
mindedness ,
soberness ,
sobersidedness ,
sobersides ,
sobriety ,
solemnization ,
solemnness ,
somberness ,
spiritlessness ,
staidness ,
starchiness ,
state ,
stateliness ,
sterility ,
stiffness ,
stiltedness ,
stodginess ,
stuffiness ,
stylization ,
sublimity ,
superficiality ,
taciturnity ,
tastelessness ,
tediousness ,
temperance ,
uninterestingness ,
unliveliness ,
vapidity ,
vapidness ,
venerability ,
wearifulness ,
wearisomeness ,
weight ,
weightiness ,
woodenness ,
worthiness SOLEMNITY .
The formality established by law to render a contract ,
agreement ,
or other act valid .
2 .
A marriage ,
for example ,
would not be valid if made in jest ,
and without solemnity .
Vide Marriage ,
and Dig .
4 ,
1 ,
7 ;
Id .
45 ,
1 ,
30 .
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