The term solemnity is also used in contracts, especially matrimony, in votive Masses, in vows, and in ecclesiastical trials. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
St. John of the Cross 'solemnity is celebrated today by the Discalced Carmelites. From Wordnik.com. [12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004] Reference
All of this points to a new interest in solemnity, decorum, and beauty in Catholic liturgy. From Wordnik.com. [Lauda Sion: Catholic Liturgy in a Time of Reform] Reference
The film's solemnity is appropriate for its subject matter, and it reflects the artist's sincerity. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Interview. Darren Aronofsky.] Reference
The word solemnity is here used to denote the amount of intrinsic or extrinsic pomp with which a feast is celebrated. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
Thus we have seen this sealed book passing with great solemnity from the hand of the Creator into the hand of the Redeemer. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
The first date proposed for the solemnity was the 26th Messidor, Year XII. From Wordnik.com. [The Court of the Empress Josephine] Reference
They lack only one accidental characteristic of an order, namely the solemnity of the vows. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
This reappears with great solemnity, which is emphasized by tolling, drum-like strokes, in the bass. From Wordnik.com. [Edward MacDowell]
The stately evergreen which they have consecrated to the overshadowing of the dead fulfils the idea of solemnity and awe. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
Although a solemnity, which is one of the highest feasts of the year means no fasting or abstaining, typically the Altar is meat free. From Wordnik.com. [Foods for St. Joseph's Altar] Reference
Perhaps the solemnity is a disguise. From Wordnik.com. [The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing] Reference
The little girl looked at it with a kind of solemnity, not offering to touch it at first. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
A great party given by the smaller gentry of the interior is a kind of solemnity, so to speak. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
There was a kind of solemnity in this interrogation. From Wordnik.com. [The Count of Monte Cristo] Reference
'There must be a kind of solemnity in the manner of a professional man,' iv. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 6 Addenda, index, dicta philosophi, etc.] Reference
When I repeated this speech to Mr. P., he said to me with a kind of solemnity. From Wordnik.com. [The Potiphar Papers] Reference
And, Sir, there must be a kind of solemnity in the manner of a professional man. From Wordnik.com. [Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood] Reference
There was a kind of solemnity over the community, and a seriousness in all faces. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
A great party given by the smaller gentry of the interior is a kind of solemnity, so to speak. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Venner] Reference
The band came with the same kind of solemnity as White Lies, but brought a much more evolved show. From Wordnik.com. [CHARTattack:News Feed] Reference
There was a certain kind of solemnity in the proceedings, which was not without its effect upon me. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student] Reference
Truth, in visiting him, must come accompanied by every kind of solemnity, and preceded by respect and reverence. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English] Reference
The word is, principally in Spain and Italy, identified with the word "solemnity" and extended to other feasts, e.g. Sp. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
She laid her other hand on his, and they looked at each other with a kind of solemnity, as though they stood in the presence of death. From Wordnik.com. [House of Mirth] Reference
The mood was an odd mixture of funereal solemnity and photo op. From Wordnik.com. [Jfk Jr.'S Final Journey] Reference
But by afternoon a sense of solemnity had settled on the court. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial Of The Century] Reference
Add too much History Channel solemnity, and you've got a docu-drama. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To 'Pearl Harbor'] Reference
Mr. Reimold approaches his lurid subject with careful academic solemnity. From Wordnik.com. [Never Mind Tolstoy] Reference
We want to treat death with a kind of reverence — with awe and solemnity. From Wordnik.com. [The Bitter End] Reference
Now the trick is to maintain the air of solemnity, and to get it over with. From Wordnik.com. [A Time Of Trial] Reference
As a bonus, Stephen Fry musters droll solemnity as the non-singing Major-Domo. From Wordnik.com. [Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos, Christine Brewer et al, Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Armstrong] Reference
The funeral business, once long on solemnity and short on innovation, is changing. From Wordnik.com. [So Many Ways To Say Goodbye] Reference
The future president, grasping the solemnity of the moment, ate the pizza in their memory. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: The Blair Affair] Reference
Pakula's always had a cool style, tending toward solemnity, but let's face it, "All the President's Men" this movie is not. From Wordnik.com. [No Brief 'Pelican'] Reference
The hearers were impressed by his unusual gravity and solemnity of manner quite as much, perhaps, as by the words themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
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