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.

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