Solemnity is a serious feeling or tone for a ceremony or occasion.
(noun)An example of a solemnity is a funeral mass.
See solemnity in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. solemnities
Origin: ME solempnete < OFr solempneté < L sollemnitas
See solemnity in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. so·lem·ni·ties
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