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Solemn
Definitions
- 1 Of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally) religious in nature; sacred. specifically
- 2 Characterized by or performed with appropriate or great ceremony or formality. broadly
"Whereas the accentuated linearism, the angular stylization of the folds, the rhythmical course of the outlining and the solemn frontality conjoined with an air of regality in the pose seem to recall the formal repertory of the Corbolinus Master and his group […]"
- 3 Deeply serious and sombre; grave. broadly
- 4 Inspiring serious feelings or thoughts; sombrely impressive. broadly
- 5 Cheerless, gloomy, sombre. broadly, obsolete
- 1 characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions wordnet
- 2 dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English solempne, solemne (“performed with religious ceremony or reverence; devoted to religious observances, sacred; ceremonious, formal; of a vow: made under a religious sanction, binding; religious celebration, celebration of a feast day; famous, well-known; important; grand, imposing; awe-inspiring, impressive; grave, serious; dignified; enunciated or held formally”) [and other forms], from Old French solempne, solemne (“serious, solemn”) [and other forms], or from its etymon Late Latin sōlempnis, sōlennis, from Latin sōlemnis, from sollemnis (“appointed, established, fixed; common, customary, ordinary, ritual, traditional, usual; ceremonial, religious, solemn; festive; annual, yearly”) [and other forms]. The further etymology is uncertain; sollus (“entire, whole”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”)) + epulum (“banquet, feast”) (in the sense of a ritual; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) has been suggested.
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