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  • verb Present participle of solemnize.

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Examples

  • It is commonly stated that Pope Boniface VIII instituted the first Christian Jubilee in the year 1300, and it is certain that this is the first celebration of which we have any precise record, but it is also certain that the idea of solemnizing a fiftieth anniversary was familiar to medieval writers, no doubt through their knowledge of the Bible, long before that date.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • Me and Maxy went to see the rest of the Americans in the town and they all sizzled like a seidlitz with joy at the idea of solemnizing an old-time Fourth.

    Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886

  • In that same article, mention is made that the mayor of Nyack said he too would start "solemnizing" same-sex unions, and Ithaca has started the process to allow same-sex marriages, up to and including offering "legal help to gay couples who go to court if their marriage license applications are denied."

    good things... suricattus 2004

  • Any couple who chooses to have a civil ceremony must wait a full year before solemnizing their marriage vows in the temple -- no matter what.

    Holly Welker: The LDS Temple and Respect for All Families Holly Welker 2010

  • The sight of the awful and majestic in nature had indeed always the effect of solemnizing my mind, and causing me to forget the passing cares of life.

    Chapter 10 2010

  • Any couple who chooses to have a civil ceremony must wait a full year before solemnizing their marriage vows in the temple -- no matter what.

    Holly Welker: The LDS Temple and Respect for All Families Holly Welker 2010

  • Many scholas are looking now to the Introit as a way of re-solemnizing the Mass, and it is an excellent place to begin.

    Seven Introit Options, First Sunday of Lent 2009

  • Any couple who chooses to have a civil ceremony must wait a full year before solemnizing their marriage vows in the temple -- no matter what.

    Holly Welker: The LDS Temple and Respect for All Families Holly Welker 2010

  • Any couple who chooses to have a civil ceremony must wait a full year before solemnizing their marriage vows in the temple -- no matter what.

    Holly Welker: The LDS Temple and Respect for All Families Holly Welker 2010

  • Traveling NGK preachers, predikanten, made their rounds, baptizing children born since their last visit and solemnizing marriages that had not waited for the blessing of an ordained minister to begin.

    Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

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