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solemness|ˈsɒləmnɪs| Also solemnness. [f. solemn a. + -ness.] The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity.
1530Palsgr. 272/2 Solemnesse, solempnité. 1561T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer iv. (1577) T iv, Pride, wrath, solemnesse and such tiranical fashions as they haue within them. 1642D. Rogers Naaman 130 When the closnesse, solemnesse,..and necessity of it, is presented to the soule. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 74 He looked at me with such respect and solemness at parting. 1797–1803Foster in J. E. Ryland Life & Corr. (1846) I. 211 Still shades, that dimmed in solemness the lower part of her orb. 1828–32Webster s.v., The solemness of public worship. 1908Nation Mar. 845/1 He has felt the greater solemnness of a Semitic tongue. |