Definition of solemn

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Solemn (a.) Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness..

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Inauguration :: Inauguration (n.) The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies..
Vow :: Vow (n.) To assert solemnly; to asseverate.
Solemnness :: Solemnness (n.) The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship..
Nuncupative :: Nuncupative (a.) Publicly or solemnly declaratory.
Affirmation :: Affirmation (n.) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath..
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament..
Obit :: Obit (n.) A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.
Act :: Act (n.) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done..
Awe :: Awe (n.) The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge one's self..
Awfulness :: Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place..
Conjuration :: Conjuration (n.) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration..
Protestant :: Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church..
Dejeration :: Dejeration (n.) The act of swearing solemnly.
Grave :: Grave (superl.) Slow and solemn in movement.
Thurible :: Thurible (n.) A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services..
Vow :: Vow (n.) A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty..
Solemnities :: Solemnities (pl. ) of Solemnit.
Affirm :: Affirm (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation..
Curse :: Curse (v. t.) Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation..
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