(n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence;
religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a
sacrament.
(n.) ceremony adapted to impress with awe.
(n.) Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave
earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.
(n.) Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to
due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done
valid.
