solemnessn.
/ˈsɒləmnɪs/ The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun]
with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290
ceremonialc1380
circumstancec1386
celebrityc1425
pomposity?a1475
solemness1530
state1599
fashionableness1608
ceremoniality1623
decorum1638
setness1642
formality1666
ceremonialnessa1680
formalness1684
gravity1689
solemn1706
ceremony1759
panjandrum1860
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > character of
solemness1530
ceremoniality1623
ceremonialnessa1680
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun]
earnestOE
sadnessc1350
serious1440
seriouste1440
demurity1483
seriosity?a1505
gravity1509
demureness?1518
seriousness1530
solemness1530
sobriety1548
staidness1561
graveness1577
gravidad1641
earnestness1670
substantialness1683
solemnity1712
smilelessness1844
unsmilingness1873
humourlessness1890
straightfacedness1982
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/2 Solemnesse, solempnité.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Pp.iiv Pride, wrath, solemnesse & such tiranicall fecions as they haue within them.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 130 When the closnesse, solemnesse,..and necessity of it, is presented to the soule.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 186 He look'd at me with such Respect and Solemnness at Parting.
1797–1803 J. Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 211 Still shades, that dimmed in solemness the lower part of her orb.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The solemness of public worship.
1908 Nation Mar. 845/1 He has felt the greater solemnness of a Semitic tongue.
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