Sol"emn (?), a. [OE. solempne,
OF. solempne, L. solemnis, solennis,
sollemnis, sollennis; sollus all, entire +
annus a year; properly, that takes place every year; -- used
especially of religious solemnities. Cf. Silly,
Annual.] 1. Marked with religious rites
and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.
His holy rites and solemn feasts
profaned.
Milton.
The worship of this image was advanced, and a
solemn supplication observed everry year.
Bp.
Stillingfleet.
2. Pertaining to a festival; festive;
festal. [Obs.] "On this solemn day." Chaucer.
3. Stately; ceremonious; grand.
[Archaic]
His feast so solemn and so rich.
Chaucer.
To-night we hold a splemn supper.
Shak.
4. Fitted to awaken or express serious
reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a
solemn promise; solemn earnestness.
Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage
With solemn touches troubled thoughts.
Milton.
There reigned a solemn silence over
all.
Spenser.
5. Real; earnest; downright. [Obs. &
R.]
Frederick, the emperor, . . . has spared no expense in
strengthening this city; since which time we find no solemn
taking it by the Turks.
Fuller.
6. Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on
a solemn face. "A solemn coxcomb."
Swift.
7. (Law) Made in form; ceremonious; as,
solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate
in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman.
Greenleaf.
Solemn League and Covenant. See
Covenant, 2.
Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
reverential; devotional; devout. See Grave.
Sol"emn (?), a. [OE. solempne,
OF. solempne, L. solemnis, solennis,
sollemnis, sollennis; sollus all, entire +
annus a year; properly, that takes place every year; -- used
especially of religious solemnities. Cf. Silly,
Annual.] 1. Marked with religious rites
and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.
His holy rites and solemn feasts
profaned.
Milton.
The worship of this image was advanced, and a
solemn supplication observed everry year.
Bp.
Stillingfleet.
2. Pertaining to a festival; festive;
festal. [Obs.] "On this solemn day." Chaucer.
3. Stately; ceremonious; grand.
[Archaic]
His feast so solemn and so rich.
Chaucer.
To-night we hold a splemn supper.
Shak.
4. Fitted to awaken or express serious
reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a
solemn promise; solemn earnestness.
Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage
With solemn touches troubled thoughts.
Milton.
There reigned a solemn silence over
all.
Spenser.
5. Real; earnest; downright. [Obs. &
R.]
Frederick, the emperor, . . . has spared no expense in
strengthening this city; since which time we find no solemn
taking it by the Turks.
Fuller.
6. Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on
a solemn face. "A solemn coxcomb."
Swift.
7. (Law) Made in form; ceremonious; as,
solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate
in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman.
Greenleaf.
Solemn League and Covenant. See
Covenant, 2.
Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
reverential; devotional; devout. See Grave.
