solemnize
- to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- to hold or perform (ceremonies, rites, etc.) in due manner.
- to observe or commemorate with rites or ceremonies: to solemnize an occasion with prayer.
- to go through with ceremony or formality.
- to render solemn, serious, or grave; dignify.
Origin of solemnize
Related Words for solemnization
festivity, ceremony, observance, festival, triumph, anniversary, birthday, gala, performance, party, spree, bash, jubilee, gaiety, hullabaloo, revelry, remembrance, recognition, saturnalia, blowoutExamples from the Web for solemnization
Historical Examples of solemnization
We are informed that the solemnization of it was owing to a miracle.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
I searched in my drawer and read over the "Form of Solemnization of Matrimony."
Memoirs of a MidgetWalter de la Mare
She is indeed between the contract of her marriage and its solemnization.
William Shakespeare as he lived.Henry Curling
We are just returned from the solemnization of the last mournful rite.
Clarissa Harlowe, Volume 9 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
During the solemnization of the Olympic Games, the bitterest animosities were laid aside.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
solemnize
solemnise
- to celebrate or observe with rites or formal ceremonies, as a religious occasion
- to celebrate or perform the ceremony of (marriage)
- to make solemn or serious
- to perform or hold (ceremonies, etc) in due manner
Word Origin and History for solemnization
mid-15c., "act of celebrating," from Old French solemnisation, solempnisation, or directly from Medieval Latin solempnizationem (nominative solempnizatio), from Latin sollemnis (see solemn).
solemnize
late 14c., "honor by ceremonies," from Old French solemnisier, from Medieval Latin solemnizare, from Latin solemnis (see solemn). Meaning "render solemn" is from 1726. Related: Solemnized; solemnizing.