3. Stately; ceremonious; grand. [Archaic]

His feast so solemn and so rich.

Chaucer.

To-night we hold a splemn supper.

Shak.

4. Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by

seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn

earnestness.

Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage With solemn touches

troubled thoughts.

Milton.

There reigned a solemn silence over all.

Spenser.

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