Definition of Solemnities

1. Noun. (plural of solemnity) ¹

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Definition of Solemnities

1. solemnity [n] - See also: solemnity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solemnities

soleless
solely
solemn
solemner
solemness
solemnest
solemnified
solemnifies
solemnify
solemnifying
solemnisation
solemnise
solemnised
solemnises
solemnising
solemnities
solemnity
solemnizate
solemnizated
solemnizates
solemnizating
solemnization
solemnizations
solemnize
solemnized
solemnizer
solemnizers
solemnizes
solemnizing
solemnly

Literary usage of Solemnities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"For though many solemnities are required in decrees, the defects of which might be covered by admitting a proof of their tenor, the same objection lies ..."

2. Lectures on Conveyancing by Alexander Montgomerie Bell (1867)
"0 of solemnities in point of form, be readily entrapped into important ... Special solemnities, applicable to the execution of deeds, are essential to aid ..."

3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(6) Other solemnities.—By several statutes still mo'e solemnities are superadded, in order to render the fine more universally public, and less liable to be ..."

4. The Age of Fable; Or, Beauties of Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch, John Loughran Scott (1898)
"... king with his attendants, Mercury (National Museum, Florence). having first pledged himself to allow a truce of twelve days for the funeral solemnities. ..."

5. A Practical Treatise of Powers by Edward Burtenshaw Sugden (1831)
"But, unquestionably, the appointment is valid without any consent; appointments are daily made to purchasers, unattended by any other solemnities than those ..."

6. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith by Oliver Goldsmith (1820)
"FROM the funeral solemnities of the Daures, who think themselves the politest people m the world, I must make a transition to the funeral solemnities of the ..."

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