a rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.-ceremony adapted to impress with awe.-ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.-hence, affected gravity or seriousness.-solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of westminster abbey.-a solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.