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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
solemn/ˈsɒləm/
▶adjective
- 1 formal and dignified: a solemn procession.
- 2 not cheerful; serious.
- 3 deeply sincere.
– derivatives
solemnly adverb,
solemnness noun.
solemnly adverb,
solemnness noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘associated with religious rites’): from OFr. solemne, from L. sollemnis ‘customary, celebrated at a fixed date’, from sollus ‘entire’.
'solemn' also found in these Oxford entries:
anthem
- asseveration
- celebrity
- cortège
- covenant
- Covenanter
- curse
- dead march
- grave
- oath
- owlish
- pledge
- pompous
- portentous
- prayer
- protest
- rite
- ritual
- rogation
- sacrament
- serious
- solemnity
- Solemn Mass
- sombre
- testimony
- troth
- vow
- wager
- word
- Yom Kippur
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