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Excluded by traditional marriage ceremonies, Indian-American gay couples in the US are finding new and unique ways to solemnise their unions, reports Savita Patel.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2021

While archeologists tended to solemnise prehistoric art as “magico-religious” or “shamanic,” today’s more secular viewers sometimes detect a vein of sheer silliness.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2019

I have witnessed long-established relationships fall apart like wet paper over one partner's mistaken expectation that the other might want to solemnise their love.

From BBC • May 1, 2016

The government launched the consultation stating it "tends towards the view" that same-sex marriage should be introduced but that faith groups and their celebrants should not be obliged to solemnise the ceremonies.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2012

Roger North shrewdly conjectured that the "rude and gross" Gothic Fiddle "used to stir up the vulgar to dancing, or perhaps to solemnise their idolatrous sacrifices."

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George