Solemnity

/səˈlɛmnɪti/

Synonyms for "solemnity" (190 found)

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Noun(7 words)

gravitybe seriousceremony decorum dignity earnestness elegy

aridity augustnessbaccalaureate servicebarrenness bleakness bloodlessness buckram celebration ceremonial ceremoniousness ceremony characterlessness circumstance colorlessness commencement consequence convocation courtliness darkness deadness

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dignifiedness dignity dismalness dragginess dreariness dryness dullness dustiness duty earnestness effeteness

Strong matches (57)

elevation emptinessempty formalityetiolation exercise exercises extrinsicality fervor flatness formform of worshipformal formality formalization formula formulary function gloom gloominess graduation

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graduation exercisesgrandeur gravity grimness heaviness heraldry hollownessholy riteimpersonality importance impressiveness inanity inaugural inauguration inexcitability initiation insipidity insipidness institution jejunity kingliness leadenness lifelessness liturgy loftinesslong facelordlinesslowness of spiritmajestymode of worship

Adjective(3 words)

formal atmospheregrave demeanorhushed atmosphere

Noun(4 words)

formality graveness gravitas humorlessness

Related words (95)

moderation momentousness mummery mysteryno jokeno laughing matternobility observance officeorder of worshipordinance paleness pallor performance pointlessness pokiness pomp pomposity ponderousness practice

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prescribed formpridepride of bearingpride of placeprimness princelinessproud bearingregalityreligious ceremonyreserve rigidness riterite de passagerite of passageritualritual observancerituality sacrament sacramental sedateness seriousness service severity slowness sober-mindedness soberness sobersidedness sobersides sobriety solemnization solemnness somberness spiritlessness staidness starchiness state stateliness sterility stiffness stiltedness stodginessstraight facestuffiness stylization sublimity superficiality taciturnity tastelessness tediousness temperance thoughtfulness uninterestingness unliveliness vapidity vapidness venerability wearifulness wearisomeness weight weightiness woodenness worthiness

Noun(11 words)

observance plangency rite ritual sedateness seriousness sobriety solemness sombreness staidnessweight of authority

Adjective(2 words)

profound silencesomber mood

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

behavioral traitcondition earnestness event feeling quality ritual serious-mindedness seriousness sincerity state

More specific

8 entries

ceremonial formalityceremonygrave seriousnessobservanceofficial ceremonyrite ritualstate ceremony

Collocations

5 entries

air of solemnityceremonial solemnitygrave solemnitypublic solemnitystate solemnity

Inflections

1 entries

solemnities

Derivations

2 entries

solemn solemnization

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Moses said: We will go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, with our sheep and herds: for it is the solemnity of the Lord our God.

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The first day shall be holy and solemn, and the seventh day shall be kept with the like solemnity: you shall do no work in them, except those things that belong to eating.

Source: tatoeba (8016903)

Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be the solemnity of the Lord.

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The inmates of the two monasteries celebrated her obsequies with all the solemnity due to their abbess and foundress, and with the recollection due to her sanctity.

Source: tatoeba (11518169)

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