Definition of "solemnity" [so•lem•ni•ty]

• The quality or condition of being solemn. (noun)
• A solemn observance or proceeding. (noun)

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• "The term solemnity is also used in contracts, especially matrimony, in votive Masses, in vows, and in ecclesiastical trials."
• "All of this points to a new interest in solemnity, decorum, and beauty in Catholic liturgy."
• "Isaiah 30: 29 "Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord.""