English-Thai Dictionary

solemnity

N ความ เคร่งขรึม  ความ เอาจริงเอาจัง  formality grievousness frivolousness gaiety kwam-krang-kuam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOLEMNITY

n. 1. A rite or ceremony annualy performed with religious reverence. Great was the cause; our old solemnities from no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, but sav'd from death, our Arguves yearly pay these grateful honors to the god of day.
[Solemnities seems here to include the sense of anniversary. See the fourth line. But in modern usage, that sense is rarely or never attached to the word. ]
2. A religious ceremony; a ritual performance attended with religious reverence; as the solemnity of a funral or of a sacrament.
3. A ceremony adapted to impress awe; as the solemnities of the last day.
4. Manner of acting awfully serious. With horrible solemnity he caused every thing to be prepared for his triumph of victory.
5. Gravity; steady seriouness; as the solemnity of the Spanish language.
6. Affected gravity. Solemnity's a cover for a sot.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOLEMNITY

So *lem "ni *ty, n.; pl. Solemnities. Etym: [L. solemnitas, solennitas:cf. F. solennité, solemnité, OF. also sollempnité.]

 

1. A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament. Great was the cause; our old solemnities From no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, But saved from death, our Argives yearly pay These grateful honors to the god of day. Pope.

 

2. ceremony adapted to impress with awe. The forms and solemnities of the last judgment. Atterburry.

 

3. Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity. With much glory and great solemnity. Chaucer. The statelines and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language. Addison. These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath. J. Edwards.

 

4. Hence, affected gravity or seriousness. Solemnity 's a cover for a sot. Young.

 

5. Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey.

 

6. (Law )

 

Defn: A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

solemnity

so lem ni ty |səˈlemnitē səˈlɛmnədi | ▶noun ( pl. solemnities ) the state or quality of being serious and dignified: his ashes were laid to rest with great solemnity. • (usu. solemnities ) a formal, dignified rite or ceremony: the ritual of the church was observed in all its solemnities. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘observance of formality and ceremony, ’ frequently in the phrases in solemnity, with solemnity ): from Old French solemnite, from Latin sollemnitas, from sollemnis (see solemn ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

solemnity

solemnity |səˈlɛmnɪti | ▶noun ( pl. solemnities ) [ mass noun ] the state or quality of being serious and dignified: his ashes were laid to rest with great solemnity. • [ count noun ] (usu. solemnities ) a formal, dignified rite or ceremony: the ritual of the Church was observed in all its solemnities. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘observance of formality and ceremony ’, frequently in the phrases in solemnity, with solemnity ): from Old French solemnite, from Latin sollemnitas, from sollemnis (see solemn ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

solemnity

solemnity noun 1 the solemnity of the occasion: dignity, ceremony, stateliness, courtliness, majesty, impressiveness, portentousness, splendour, magnificence, grandeur, importance, augustness, formality; solemnness. 2 he paused and looked at Mike with great solemnity: seriousness, earnestness, gravity, sobriety, sombreness, sternness, grimness, dourness, humourlessness, glumness, gloominess, moodiness; thoughtfulness, preoccupation, pensiveness, meditativeness; staidness, sedateness, studiousness, bookishness, owlishness; solemnness. 3 (usually solemnities ) the law requires certain solemnities to make a contract binding: formalities, proceedings, business, rigmarole, ado, ceremony, rite, ritual, celebration, festivity; informal palaver, performance.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

solemnity

so lem ni ty /səlémnəti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U 厳粛さ ; 荘厳 .2 C 〖通例 -ties 〗厳粛な儀式, 式典 .