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solemnity

n.
US //səˈɫɛmnəti// UK //sɒlˈɛmnɪti// solem·ni·ty Archaic
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From solemn + -ity, from Middle English solemnity (“observance of formality and ceremony”), frequently in the phrases in solemnity, with solemnity, which from Old French solemnite, from Latin sollemnitās, from sollemnis. (Compare solemn.)

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