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n. - The public performance of a sacrament or serious ceremony with all appropriate ritual.

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Usage examples (31)
  • Tell me, therefore, whether you object to an immediate solemnisation of the marriage.
  • As the marriage was an event of importance, and the circumstances are simple historic facts, it is strange that there should be any uncertainty regarding the details of its...
  • The Act seeks to regulate the solemnisation and registration of civil unions, by way of either marriage or a civil partnership, and provides for the legal consequences...
  • The Marriage Act designates who may act as marriage officers, provides for the solemnisation of marriages outside South Africa, regulates the documentary requirements of...
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