noun ceremony adapted to impress with awe.
2. solemnity ·noun hence, affected gravity or seriousness.
3. solemnity ·noun ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.
4. solemnity ·noun a solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
5. solemnity ·noun a rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.
6. solemnity ·noun 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.