solemnize
verb (used with object)
to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
solemnized
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past participleof solemnize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof solemnize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
solemnizeverb (used with object)to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
Example Sentences
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They lured religious leaders out of their homes by pretending to need a marriage solemnized.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
A grand boldness solemnized Mälkki’s performances of Russian scores by Tchaikovsky and Scriabin with the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
“It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”
From Fox News ● Jul. 4, 2020
Obama wasn’t technically wrong to observe that states have broad latitude to fashion their own marriage rules and usually have to recognize marriages solemnized in other states.
From Slate ● May 11, 2012
Marriage among the Ti-pings is solemnized with remarkable strictness, and the ceremony is performed by an officiating priest, or rather presbyter.
From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Augustus F. Lindley
