solemn ceremony (noun)

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• solemn — adjective 1 very serious in behaviour or style: a solemn expression | solemn music 2 solemn promise/pledge/word etc a promise that is made very seriously and with no intention of breaking it: I ll never be unfaithful again. I give you my solemn… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ceremony — noun 1 formal public/religious event ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, short ▪ quiet, simple ▪ elaborate, glittering (BrE), lavish …   Collocations dictionary

• ceremony — I noun caerimonia, celebration, commemoration, conventionality, festive occasion, festivity, formal occasion, formality, memorialization, observance, official reception, prescribed procedure, reception, rite, ritual, ritus, solemn observance,… …   Law dictionary

• solemn mass — noun Usage: often capitalized S&M : a mass celebrated with full ceremony including the use of incense and music by an officiating priest assisted by a deacon and subdeacon …   Useful english dictionary

• solemn — adjective Etymology: Middle English solempne, from Anglo French, from Latin sollemnis regularly appointed, solemn Date: 14th century 1. marked by the invocation of a religious sanction < a solemn oath > 2. marked by the observance of established… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ceremony — /ˈsɛrəməni / (say seruhmuhnee), Originally US / moʊni/ (say mohnee) noun (plural ceremonies) 1. the formalities observed on some solemn or important public or state occasion. 2. a formal religious or sacred observance; a solemn rite. 3. any… …  

• ceremony — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ritual, formality, punctilio, protocol; form, observance, rite, sacrament, function. See ostentation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A public event] Syn. function, commemoration, services; see celebration 1 …   English dictionary for students

• solemn mass — /sɒləm ˈmæs/ (say soluhm mas) noun Roman Catholic Church a mass celebrated with full ceremony, as by a prelate with assistants before a large congregation. Also, high mass, solemn high mass …  

• solemnisation — noun the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual the celebration of marriage • Syn: ↑celebration, ↑solemnization • Derivationally related forms: ↑solemnise, ↑solemnize (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• rite — noun 1》 a religious or other solemn ceremony or act. 2》 a body of customary observances characteristic of a Church or a part of it. Phrases rite of passage a ceremony or event, e.g. marriage, marking an important stage in someone s life. Origin… …   English new terms dictionary

• ritual — noun 1》 a religious or solemn ceremony involving a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.     ↘a prescribed order of performing such a ceremony. 2》 a series of actions habitually and invariably followed by someone. adjective …   English new terms dictionary