solemnity
noun
[ səˈlɛmnɪti ]
• the state or quality of being serious and dignified.
• "his ashes were laid to rest with great solemnity"
Similar:
dignity,
ceremony,
stateliness,
courtliness,
majesty,
impressiveness,
portentousness,
splendour,
magnificence,
grandeur,
importance,
augustness,
formality,
solemnness,
seriousness,
earnestness,
gravity,
sobriety,
sombreness,
sternness,
grimness,
dourness,
humourlessness,
glumness,
gloominess,
moodiness,
thoughtfulness,
preoccupation,
pensiveness,
meditativeness,
staidness,
sedateness,
studiousness,
bookishness,
owlishness,
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).
