Definition of "solemnizing" []

• Present participle of solemnize. (verb)

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• "It is commonly stated that Pope Boniface VIII instituted the first Christian Jubilee in the year 1300, and it is certain that this is the first celebration of which we have any precise record, but it is also certain that the idea of solemnizing a fiftieth anniversary was familiar to medieval writers, no doubt through their knowledge of the Bible, long before that date."
• "Me and Maxy went to see the rest of the Americans in the town and they all sizzled like a seidlitz with joy at the idea of solemnizing an old-time Fourth."
• "In that same article, mention is made that the mayor of Nyack said he too would start "solemnizing" same-sex unions, and Ithaca has started the process to allow same-sex marriages, up to and including offering "legal help to gay couples who go to court if their marriage license applications are denied.""