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solemnity

The origin and history of solemnity.

Etymology

Formed from solemn + -ity, from Middle English solemnity (“observance of formality and ceremony”), often found in the phrases in solemnity and with solemnity, which came from Old French solemnite, from Latin sollemnitās, from sollemnis. (Compare solemn.)

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