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Solemnity is a serious feeling or tone for a ceremony or occasion.

(noun)

An example of a solemnity is a funeral mass.

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See solemnity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. solemnities

  1. solemn ceremony, ritual, observance, etc.
  2. solemn feeling, character, or appearance; serious or awesome quality; gravity
  3. Law the formality needed to validate an act, contract, etc.

Origin: ME solempnete < OFr solempneté < L sollemnitas

See solemnity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. so·lem·ni·ties
  1. The quality or condition of being solemn.
  2. A solemn observance or proceeding.

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