solemnityn.

/sɒˈlɛmnɪti/

Forms: Middle English solempnete, Middle English solempnite(e, solempnytee, Middle English–1500s solempnyte, Middle English–1600s solempnitie (1500s solempnytye); Middle English sollempnete, sollempnite, Middle English sollempnitee, sollempnytee; Middle English solemnete, solemnite(e, Middle English–1500s solemnyte, 1500s–1600s solemnitie, 1500s– solemnity.

Etymology: < Old French solempneté, -ité (= Spanish solemnidad , Portuguese solemnidade ), < Latin sōl- , sollem(p)nitas (postclassical), < sōl- , sollem(p)nis solemn adj.: see -ity suffix. The Middle English form solem(p)nete was apparently sometimes stressed on the first syllable: compare solemnty n.

1. Observance of ceremony or special formality on important occasions:

a. In the phrases with or in (great, etc.) solemnity. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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] > performance of

with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290

solemnity1390

solemnization1447

observancea1450

solennizationc1450

solemnation1470

celebration1483

superstition1513

ministration1535

celebrating1547

solemnizing1565

ministering1566

solemnize1590

solemniation1631

officiating1640

exercise1656

exercitation1660

officiation1804

altar service1831

ritual1865

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 169 Heo bureden þat holi bodi hasteliche þere biside With luyte solempnete i-novȝ.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 352 With gret solempnete He was unto his dignete Received, and coroned king.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1313 He sesed hem with solemnete, þe souerayn he praysed.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiv. 153 Þai bere þe body to a hill with grete sollempnytee.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. xxxvi. 270 The Bisshop of Caunterbury made the weddyng..with grete solempnyte.

1557 M. Basset tr. T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1398 My blessed Martyrs..shal..with woondrefull solempnitie enter into heauen.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 184 Weele holde a feast, in great solemnitie.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋2 For bringing backe the Arke of God in solemnitie.

1721 E. Young Revenge v. i And then, with all the cool solemnity Of public justice, give her to the grave.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 366 The conference, however, was opened with much solemnity.

1875 Times 9 May The Emperor..was received with all the solemnity that befits so great a Potentate.

b. In general use.

ΚΠ

c1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxvii. 26 Makis solempnyte in ȝoure saule.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 124 Þe Jewis calengiden..to have a man ȝovun to hem, for solempnite of þe feeste.

c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) 50 The solempnite and the worthynesse of this feste and this hiȝe day.

c1420 Brut ccxli. 349 Þe King..welcomed hir.., and made þere alle þe solempnite þat myȝt be do.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. ii sig. a.vi ^v Theym that be ordeyned of god & of holy churche as well in caas of necessyte as of solempnyte.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Biiij The king hereof vseth great pride, and solemnitie.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 192 If a female child be borne, there is small solemnitie.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. iii. §5 Instead of all this Glory and Solemnity there had been nothing but howlings and shoutings.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. vii, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 511 Elizabeth resolved that no circumstance of pomp or solemnity should be wanting.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Ginevra in Posthumous Poems (1824) 234 The marriage feast and its solemnity Was turned to funeral pomp.

a. An occasion of ceremony; an observance or celebration of special importance; a festival or other similar occasion.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > performance of

with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290

solemnity1390

solemnization1447

observancea1450

solennizationc1450

solemnation1470

celebration1483

superstition1513

ministration1535

celebrating1547

solemnizing1565

ministering1566

solemnize1590

solemniation1631

officiating1640

exercise1656

exercitation1660

officiation1804

altar service1831

ritual1865

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun]

tidea900

holidayc950

massOE

holy-daya1000

mass-dayOE

high tideOE

holy-tidea1035

good tideOE

high dayOE

feastc1200

feast dayc1300

ferie1377

festival day1389

solemnity1390

solennityc1400

feastful day1440

festiala1450

festivala1500

sacre1542

panegyry1641

Magdalene-tide1649

church festival1661

surplice day1663

festa1800

festa day1835

fiesta1844

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 166 So myhte every man aboute The day of that solempnete His tale telle.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13874 Iesus went him forth.., Til it come a solempnite, He com a-gain in þat cite.

c1400 Brut Prol. 1 Dioclician þoughte maryen his Doughtres among all þo knyghtys þat tho were at that solempnite.

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 47 This childe..was browght to the forsaid chirche yn the solempnyte of the glorious Apostle.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 217 Then they went all with the pope to his palays, and there was made the solempnytes of y^e maryage.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 229 King Edward the Seconde..helde the solemnitie of a whole Christmas.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 219 Among other solemnities, they roasted an Oxe in the middest of the field for the people.

1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Wks. (1720) I. 119 Many..may come, not only as to a publick kind of Solemnity, but as to a great Mart of the best Horses.

1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 113 Such a multitude of People were fed..during their continuance together at those Solemnities.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music §4. 41 Hymns or Odes would be composed, and Sung by their Composers at their festal Solemnities.

1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici V. vii. 218 Assisting on Easter day at the divine office of this great solemnity.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 471 The King engaged in a remarkable solemnity on the spot which had witnessed his last battle.

†b. A ceremonial procession. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > procession

processionOE

drightfarea1225

precessiona1400

processionc1400

walking1449

train1489

walk1563

processioning1593

band1611

solemnity1636

proceeding1660

cavalcade1670

parade1673

cortège1679

processionade1762

processional1820

crocodile1891

ram1912

processing1920

paseo1927

croc1948

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession

processionOE

precessiona1400

walking1449

pomp1482

solemnity1636

parade1673

promenadea1734

processionade1762

processional1820

march past1832

fly-past1914

paseo1927

1636 W. Strode Floating Island ii. iv Enter in the midst of the song Amorous ushering the solemnity.

1707 London Gaz. No. 4374/1 When the Solemnity came near St. Mark's-Place, the Norton Galley hoisted the Union Colours.

1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 441 A Representation of the Solemnity and Procession of the Lord Mayor of London thro' the City.

†3. Applied concretely (see quots.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > ceremonial device or equipment

solemnity1449

copper1888

1449 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 133 I bequethe to the seyd Chirch of Seynt George a solempnitie of array for the fest of Corpus Christi.

a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1591 My two dragons hast thou slayn, My solempnite they were.

†a. Proper or regular performance. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > [noun]

fulfilling1340

keepingc1380

observancea1393

observation?a1425

solemnityc1440

observing1458

conservation1544

observancy1609

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 2 At Marches mone, in contrey that is colde, Putacioun hath his solempnite [L. celebratur].

b. Law. Necessary formality, such as is requisite to make an act or document valid.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > [noun] > validity or legal force > validation or ratification > formalities of

acknowledgement1585

instrument of ratification1587

solemnity1588

execution1776

1588 in T. Morris Provosts of Methven (1875) 72 The solempnitie of the law..[being] obseruit.

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes i. f. 6 The testament is imperfect in respect of solemnitie, wherein some of the Legall requisites..be wanting.

1665 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 63 Not being sealled be the seall of the partie, quilk was ane essentiall solemnitie of contracts.

1669 E. Chamberlayne Present State Eng. 158 If she be Plaintiff, the Summons in the Process need not have the solemnity of 15 dayes.

1871 W. Markby Elem. Law §171 The contract..should be accompanied by certain solemnities as they are called.

1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. x. 328 No solemnity short of a deed is regarded by our law as sufficient to create a right of this kind.

5. The state or character of being solemn or serious; impressiveness; gravity; a solemn utterance or statement.

ΘΚΠ

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

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun] > that which is serious > a serious subject or remark

no laughing matter1549

gravity1609

no joke1809

solemnity1822

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 405. ¶3 That Solemnity of Phrase, which may be drawn from the Sacred Writings.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. i. 2 A writer, who loves to raise the solemnity of his story by the introduction of something miraculous.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. ii. 42 The solemnity of this silence..subdued her spirits.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 367 At present from a knowledge of the circulation of the blood, we can smile at these nugatory solemnities.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. i. 164 Subjects which in our fathers' time were approached only with the deepest reverence and solemnity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	solemnity
释义	solemnityn. /sɒˈlɛmnɪti/ Forms: Middle English solempnete, Middle English solempnite(e, solempnytee, Middle English–1500s solempnyte, Middle English–1600s solempnitie (1500s solempnytye); Middle English sollempnete, sollempnite, Middle English sollempnitee, sollempnytee; Middle English solemnete, solemnite(e, Middle English–1500s solemnyte, 1500s–1600s solemnitie, 1500s– solemnity. Etymology: < Old French solempneté, -ité (= Spanish solemnidad , Portuguese solemnidade ), < Latin sōl- , sollem(p)nitas (postclassical), < sōl- , sollem(p)nis solemn adj.: see -ity suffix. The Middle English form solem(p)nete was apparently sometimes stressed on the first syllable: compare solemnty n. 1. Observance of ceremony or special formality on important occasions: a. In the phrases with or in (great, etc.) solemnity. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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] > performance of with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290 solemnity1390 solemnization1447 observancea1450 solennizationc1450 solemnation1470 celebration1483 superstition1513 ministration1535 celebrating1547 solemnizing1565 ministering1566 solemnize1590 solemniation1631 officiating1640 exercise1656 exercitation1660 officiation1804 altar service1831 ritual1865 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 169 Heo bureden þat holi bodi hasteliche þere biside With luyte solempnete i-novȝ. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 352 With gret solempnete He was unto his dignete Received, and coroned king. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1313 He sesed hem with solemnete, þe souerayn he praysed. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiv. 153 Þai bere þe body to a hill with grete sollempnytee. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. xxxvi. 270 The Bisshop of Caunterbury made the weddyng..with grete solempnyte. 1557 M. Basset tr. T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1398 My blessed Martyrs..shal..with woondrefull solempnitie enter into heauen. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 184 Weele holde a feast, in great solemnitie. View more context for this quotation 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋2 For bringing backe the Arke of God in solemnitie. 1721 E. Young Revenge v. i And then, with all the cool solemnity Of public justice, give her to the grave. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 366 The conference, however, was opened with much solemnity. 1875 Times 9 May The Emperor..was received with all the solemnity that befits so great a Potentate. b. In general use. ΚΠ c1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxvii. 26 Makis solempnyte in ȝoure saule. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 124 Þe Jewis calengiden..to have a man ȝovun to hem, for solempnite of þe feeste. c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) 50 The solempnite and the worthynesse of this feste and this hiȝe day. c1420 Brut ccxli. 349 Þe King..welcomed hir.., and made þere alle þe solempnite þat myȝt be do. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. ii sig. a.vi ^v Theym that be ordeyned of god & of holy churche as well in caas of necessyte as of solempnyte. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Biiij The king hereof vseth great pride, and solemnitie. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 192 If a female child be borne, there is small solemnitie. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. iii. §5 Instead of all this Glory and Solemnity there had been nothing but howlings and shoutings. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. vii, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 511 Elizabeth resolved that no circumstance of pomp or solemnity should be wanting. a1822 P. B. Shelley Ginevra in Posthumous Poems (1824) 234 The marriage feast and its solemnity Was turned to funeral pomp. 2. a. An occasion of ceremony; an observance or celebration of special importance; a festival or other similar occasion. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > performance of with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290 solemnity1390 solemnization1447 observancea1450 solennizationc1450 solemnation1470 celebration1483 superstition1513 ministration1535 celebrating1547 solemnizing1565 ministering1566 solemnize1590 solemniation1631 officiating1640 exercise1656 exercitation1660 officiation1804 altar service1831 ritual1865 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] tidea900 holidayc950 massOE holy-daya1000 mass-dayOE high tideOE holy-tidea1035 good tideOE high dayOE feastc1200 feast dayc1300 ferie1377 festival day1389 solemnity1390 solennityc1400 feastful day1440 festiala1450 festivala1500 sacre1542 panegyry1641 Magdalene-tide1649 church festival1661 surplice day1663 festa1800 festa day1835 fiesta1844 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 166 So myhte every man aboute The day of that solempnete His tale telle. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13874 Iesus went him forth.., Til it come a solempnite, He com a-gain in þat cite. c1400 Brut Prol. 1 Dioclician þoughte maryen his Doughtres among all þo knyghtys þat tho were at that solempnite. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 47 This childe..was browght to the forsaid chirche yn the solempnyte of the glorious Apostle. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 217 Then they went all with the pope to his palays, and there was made the solempnytes of y^e maryage. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 229 King Edward the Seconde..helde the solemnitie of a whole Christmas. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 219 Among other solemnities, they roasted an Oxe in the middest of the field for the people. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Wks. (1720) I. 119 Many..may come, not only as to a publick kind of Solemnity, but as to a great Mart of the best Horses. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 113 Such a multitude of People were fed..during their continuance together at those Solemnities. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music §4. 41 Hymns or Odes would be composed, and Sung by their Composers at their festal Solemnities. 1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici V. vii. 218 Assisting on Easter day at the divine office of this great solemnity. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 471 The King engaged in a remarkable solemnity on the spot which had witnessed his last battle. †b. A ceremonial procession. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > procession processionOE drightfarea1225 precessiona1400 processionc1400 walking1449 train1489 walk1563 processioning1593 band1611 solemnity1636 proceeding1660 cavalcade1670 parade1673 cortège1679 processionade1762 processional1820 crocodile1891 ram1912 processing1920 paseo1927 croc1948 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession processionOE precessiona1400 walking1449 pomp1482 solemnity1636 parade1673 promenadea1734 processionade1762 processional1820 march past1832 fly-past1914 paseo1927 1636 W. Strode Floating Island ii. iv Enter in the midst of the song Amorous ushering the solemnity. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4374/1 When the Solemnity came near St. Mark's-Place, the Norton Galley hoisted the Union Colours. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 441 A Representation of the Solemnity and Procession of the Lord Mayor of London thro' the City. †3. Applied concretely (see quots.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > ceremonial device or equipment solemnity1449 copper1888 1449 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 133 I bequethe to the seyd Chirch of Seynt George a solempnitie of array for the fest of Corpus Christi. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1591 My two dragons hast thou slayn, My solempnite they were. 4. †a. Proper or regular performance. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > [noun] fulfilling1340 keepingc1380 observancea1393 observation?a1425 solemnityc1440 observing1458 conservation1544 observancy1609 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 2 At Marches mone, in contrey that is colde, Putacioun hath his solempnite [L. celebratur]. b. Law. Necessary formality, such as is requisite to make an act or document valid. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [noun] > validity or legal force > validation or ratification > formalities of acknowledgement1585 instrument of ratification1587 solemnity1588 execution1776 1588 in T. Morris Provosts of Methven (1875) 72 The solempnitie of the law..[being] obseruit. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes i. f. 6 The testament is imperfect in respect of solemnitie, wherein some of the Legall requisites..be wanting. 1665 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 63 Not being sealled be the seall of the partie, quilk was ane essentiall solemnitie of contracts. 1669 E. Chamberlayne Present State Eng. 158 If she be Plaintiff, the Summons in the Process need not have the solemnity of 15 dayes. 1871 W. Markby Elem. Law §171 The contract..should be accompanied by certain solemnities as they are called. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. x. 328 No solemnity short of a deed is regarded by our law as sufficient to create a right of this kind. 5. The state or character of being solemn or serious; impressiveness; gravity; a solemn utterance or statement. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun] > that which is serious > a serious subject or remark no laughing matter1549 gravity1609 no joke1809 solemnity1822 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 405. ¶3 That Solemnity of Phrase, which may be drawn from the Sacred Writings. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. i. 2 A writer, who loves to raise the solemnity of his story by the introduction of something miraculous. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. ii. 42 The solemnity of this silence..subdued her spirits. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 367 At present from a knowledge of the circulation of the blood, we can smile at these nugatory solemnities. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. i. 164 Subjects which in our fathers' time were approached only with the deepest reverence and solemnity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1290
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