solemnity

Preposition: of

• occasion: Wedding readings can add to the solemnity of an occasion, or provide a welcome moment of light relief.
• day: A reverent silence filled the hall, as tho all felt deeply the solemnity of this day.
• ceremony: Only venues which would not compromise the solemnity of the ceremony can be approved.
• manner: A good flow of language, solemnity of manner, and plausible philosophy, carry them away.
• night: For his solemnity of the night before had greatly impressed me.
• death: The solemnity of death would rest upon the people; you could not see a movement or hear a sound.

Converse of object

• celebrate: Wherefore, in their company enlist us who keep thy memory with faith, celebrating thy holy solemnity on this day.
• give: This faith gives a solemnity to his reveries that render them to me almost as imposing and interesting as truth.
• add: Unlike the Presbyterian minister, he does not usually add solemnity to the occasion by wearing a shiny lum hat!
• compromise: Only venues which would not compromise the solemnity of the ceremony can be approved.
• have: English seaside resorts have a strange icy solemnity that you can never quite get out of your system.
• emphasize: Here the silence is effective as it encourages the viewer to focus on their grace and technique, and emphasizes the solemnity of death.

Adjective modifier

• awful: It seems strange to us that they are not stricken dumb by the new and awful solemnity of their position.
• great: In the year 1130 Merton Abbey was first built with stone, the founder himself laid the first stone, with great solemnity.
• due: His remains were removed and reinterred with due solemnity, on the 13th October 1853 " Sources: The Mail and Empire.
• much: Your old preceptor repeated, with much solemnity, the speech How far is't called to Fores?
• mock: Grant is ill, " said she, with mock solemnity.
• holy: Wherefore, in their company enlist us who keep thy memory with faith, celebrating thy holy solemnity on this day.

Noun used with modifier

• dread: I looked at Ward again, and he had thrown off his dread solemnity and was laughing also.