The stateliness and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language.
J. Edwards
These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath.
An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
Alexander Pope
Great was the cause; our old solemnities / From no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, / But saved from death, our Argives yearly pay / These grateful honours to the god of day.
Atterbury
The forms and solemnities of the last judgment.
puhekieltä A solemn or formalobservance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.