solemnadj.adv.n.

Brit.

/ˈsɒləm/, U.S.

/ˈsɑləm/

Forms: Middle English–1500s solempne (Middle English soll-), 1500s sol(l)empe; Middle English–1600s solemne, 1600s sollemn(e, 1500s– solemn; Middle English solom, 1500s sollem, soleme, sol-, sollom(e, 1500s–1600s solem. See also solemny adj. and solen adj.

Etymology: < Old French solempne, solemne (= Spanish solemne, Portuguese solene) or < Latin sōl-, sollemnis (later also sollempnis), established, appointed, customary, festive, etc. The formation of the Latin word is doubtful; the common variant sōl-, sollennis (formerly explained as < sōlus, sollus whole, and annus year) is now believed to be due to assimilation, or to association with other adjectives in -ennis.

a. Associated or connected with religious rites or observances; performed with due ceremony and reverence; having a religious character; sacred.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [adjective]

solemna1340

ceremonial138.

solemnyc1420

solemned1423

solenc1460

solemnel?1473

solemnly1482

ceremonious1555

ritual1570

rituous1604

ceremonicala1627

liturgical1641

liturgic1656

Levitical1670

hierurgical1725

sacral1882

a1340 R. Rolle Cant. in Psalter 499 We sall synge oure psalmys, þat is, we sall make solempn þi louyngis.

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 735 Ȝit may þer no man..Wiþ sole [m] pne sacrifice serue hem at onus.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 299 Seint Mammertus..ordeyned solempne letanyes þat beeþ i-cleped þe Rogaciouns.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 11 It was doon in ful solemne wyse And with many a cerymonye.

1528 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 319 The seruice daylie doon..so deuoute, solempne, and full of Armonye.

1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 5 The solemnest divine honour which I see in those parts.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 808 Then came forth the sacrificers, who began the sacrifice of men..: for this was their solemnest festiuall.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. vii. 17 It is answered, that seven was the compleat and solemne number, whereon God himself emphatically insists.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 390 [They] with cursed things His holy Rites, and solemn Feasts profan'd.

1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State (ed. 2) 226 During the solemner Sabbaths of the Spirit.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 45 At last a solemn grace Concluded, and we sought the gardens.

b. spec. Of various ecclesiastical ceremonies or services of a special character (see quots.). solemn mass n. mass celebrated with the assistance of a deacon and subdeacon, with incense and music.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > kinds of mass > [noun] > high

High MassOE

great massa1492

solemn mass1626

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 284 He giffes a solempne cursyng, Tille þo þat þer on liffes.

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iiij A solempne dyryge is songe there With a grete drynkynge.

1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.vii^v To thys daye they vse on solempne feastes to folowe theyr old ordinary.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. i. f. 52/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I It happened..in a Rogation weeke that the clergy goyng in solemne procession [etc.].

1626 C. Potter Father Paul's Hist. i. 32 The Counsellors assembled to assist at a solemn Masse.

1699 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 54 Father Rector of ye Colledge performed his Jubilee with a Solemn Mass.

1700 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 68 A Solemne Obsequie for Count Colonna of Bornhem.

1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed vii. 93 In the high or solemn Mass the Gospel is sung by the Deacon.

1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici V. vii. 188 The festival of the circumcision became solemn in the sixth century.

1866 J. Purchas & F. G. Lee Directorium Anglicanum (ed. 3) 360 Solemn Service, a choral celebration of the Holy Eucharist.

1898 C. Wordsworth Mediæval Services 33 When the Bishop was performing a solemn Mass.

1908 Church Times 13 Mar. 347/2 Parishioners, friends, and relatives gathered from far and near for the Solemn Requiem.

2. Of days or seasons: Marked by the celebration of special observances or rites (esp. of a religious character); distinguished by, or set apart for, special ceremonies.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [adjective]

ghostlyOE

holyc1000

goodOE

solemnc1325

festival1389

festiala1422

feastfulc1425

festal1479

spiritual1491

c1325 Prose Psalter cxvii. 25 Stablis þe solempne daie.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1418 Þemperour erded stille in rome at þe ester tide, & for þat solempne sesoun dede somoun alle þe grete, of lordes & ladies þat to þat lond partened.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 29 He..forbeed hem mete and drynkenge of wyn but it were in certeyne solempne dayes in þe ȝere.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 50 Þat feyris nor markets had no place in þe kirk in solempne tymis.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 194 In hey festis & solempne dayys.

a1533 J. Frith Myrroure Sacramente of Baptisme (?1548) sig. Cv The Jewes..were commaunded to keepe the Seventh daye solempne.

1611 Bible (King James) Num. x. 10 Also in the day of your gladnesse, and in your solemne dayes.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Exod. xx. 17) 70 Holie-daies were either quotidian, or solemn.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 482 To this there joynes a spacious hall for sollemn days to Ballot in.

a. Performed with, accompanied by, due formality or ceremony; of a formal or ceremonious character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adjective] > full of or accompanied by ceremony or formality

solemnc1369

solemned1423

solenc1460

solemnel?1473

formal1596

set1606

ceremoniousa1616

circumstantial1710

full dress1776

c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 302 Eueryche [bird] songe in his wyse The most solempne seruyse.

c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 61 This Cambinskan..halt his feste, so solempne and so riche That in this world ne was ther noon it liche.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 464/1 Solempne, or feestfulle, festivus, celeber.

a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 548 Now truly, to my thynkynge, This is a solempne drinkynge.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Ffii To morrow next there is sollem hunting in the parke here adioyning.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 723 A solemne horse running, wherein the horse that out runneth the rest hath for his prise a little golden bell.

1662 J. Davies in tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors To Eng. Merchants sig. A2 The accompt of a Solemn Embassy, sent to two of the greatest Princes of Europe and Asia.

1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 480 Being the Kings birth-day, was a solemn Ball at Court.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iii. 112 Till at length,..in solemn final session, there bursts forth..an explosion of eloquence.

1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. i. 30 They were invited to two solemn banquets.

†b. Formal; regular; uniform. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective]

oneOE

consimilec1400

suinga1425

even?c1425

agreeable1512

uniform1540

consemblable?1541

suant1547

constantc1550

just?1556

similar1563

similary1564

unvaried1570

uniformal1574

consimilar1577

homogeneana1601

homogeneal1603

homogene1607

invariable1607

of a piece1607

undistinguisheda1616

univocal1615

immutable1621

uniformable1632

solemn1639

homogeneous1646

consistent1651

pariformal1651

self-consistent1651

congeniousa1656

level1655

undiversificated1659

equal1663

of one make1674

invarieda1676

congenerous1683

undiversified1684

equable1693

solid1699

consisting1700

tranquil1794

unbranching1826

horizontal1842

sole1845

self-similar1847

homoeomeric1865

equiformal1883

monochrome1970

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] > conforming to a standard rule

rightOE

justc1384

verya1425

orderly1542

ruled1551

normatic1598

formal1635

solemn1639

regular1643

mathematical1776

reglementary1800

rule-right1877

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] > conforming to a standard rule > characterized by the presence or operation of

just?1556

regular?1558

solemn1639

suanta1722

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. ix. 184 Since which time we find no solemn taking it [sc. the city] by the Turks.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 302 Castles..able to resist (though no solemn siege) a tumultary incursion.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xvii. 47 Any matter may easily repass..in the solemn Circulation of the Blood.

1704 Dict. Rusticum at Hotshoots They will continue a glowing, solemn, and constant Fire, for seven or eight hours.

†c. Customary; carefully observed. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective]

habitudinalc1380

ordinala1425

usantc1450

habituate1526

habited1605

habitual1611

solemn1616

habituary1627

hectic1641

practised1656

regular1786

familiar1920

1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) Ded. in Wks. I. 3 So solemne a vice it is with them to vse the authoritie of their ignorance, to the crying downe of Poetry.

†4.

a. Grand, imposing; sumptuous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > magnificent

lordlylOE

richc1275

prouda1300

noblec1300

gloriousc1315

reala1325

rialc1330

stouta1350

solemnc1386

royalc1400

pompousc1425

statelyc1425

lordlike1488

magnific1490

of state1498

magnificenta1530

pompatic1535

magnificala1538

princely1539

gorgeous?1542

regal1561

superbious?1566

surly1566

splendent1567

heroical1577

superbous1581

sumptuous1594

pompatical1610

pompal1616

fastidious1638

grand1673

splendid1685

grandific1727

grandiose1818

splendiferous1827

splendacious1843

magnolious1863

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adjective] > imposing

menskful?c1225

solemnc1386

splendid1653

awfula1656

grand1678

imposing1783

grande dame1827

swanky1940

c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 387 Arryved ben this cristen folk to londe, In Surrie, with a greet solempne route.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1171 He sete on Salamones solie, on solemne wyse.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiiii Salomon, buylded a solemne temple..of stones precious & quadrat or squared.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1630 Priam..a pales gert make Within the Cite full Solempne of a sete riall.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xv. 27 For which purpose also the players garments were made more rich & costly and solemne.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cx. 10 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 179 In solempne robes they glad shall goe.

†b. Of great dignity or importance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance

worthlyeOE

mickleeOE

greatc1225

right hand?c1225

solemna1387

materialc1475

superior1526

grand1542

weighty1558

main1581

pregnant1591

pregnate1598

materious1611

moliminous1642

momentous1656

magic1696

all-important1748

big1748

eventful1756

colossal1775

bread and butter1822

bada1825

key1832

all-absorbing1834

earth-moving?1834

earth-shaking1835

earth-shatteringa1859

high-ranking1874

beaucoup1917

major league1951

earth-stopping1956

crucial1957

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective]

higheOE

drightlikeOE

highlyOE

drightfula1225

prouda1275

principalc1385

solemna1387

gentlec1390

high and mighty1400

imperial?c1400

royalc1405

kinglyc1425

sublimatec1425

lordfulc1429

lordlyc1440

assumpt1447

raiseda1450

haught1470

kinglikec1485

lordlike1488

triumphant1494

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princely?a1510

supereminent1531

princelike1532

lofta1547

lofty1548

regal1561

supernal1562

haughty1563

excelse1569

queen-like?1571

majestical1578

erecteda1586

augustious1591

ennobled1592

imperious1592

enthronized1593

august1594

high-born1598

sublimed1602

jovial1604

majestic1606

enthroned1609

starred1615

exalted1623

majestuous1633

reared1638

sublimary1655

majestative1656

kingrik1663

superb1663

grand1673

celse1708

stilted1744

canonized1790

queenly1791

apotheosized1794

princified1857

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 3 After solempne and wise writeres of arte.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 95 Babylonia..was first so solempne þat it conteyned Assyria, Caldea, and Mesopotamia.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 209 Ther was..A lymytour, a ful solempne man.

c1430 J. Lydgate in Pol., Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 28 I fond a lyknesse depict vpon a wal.., The hede of thre fulle solempne and roiall, Intellectus, Memorye, and Resoun.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxiiii. f. vcii^v Ethilstan..mette with hym, and his people at a place called Brymforde, where he had a great & solempne victory.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 230 Thrie Judgement saites to be seperate ane frome another in solemne places.

†c. Famous, renowned. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective]

mereeOE

athelOE

couthOE

brightOE

namecundc1175

outnumenc1175

noble?c1225

ketec1275

sheenc1275

tirfulc1275

glorious13..

losedc1305

of great renownc1330

glorifieda1340

worthly or worthy in wonea1350

clearc1374

nameda1382

solemna1387

renomeda1393

famous?a1400

renomé?a1400

renowneda1400

notedc1400

of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430

celebrate?1440

namely1440

famosec1449

honourable?c1450

notedc1450

parent?c1450

glorificatec1460

heroical?a1475

insignite?a1475

magnific1490

well-fameda1492

exemie1497

singular1497

preclare1503

magnificential1506

laureate1508

illustre?a1513

illustred1512

magnificent1513

preclared1530

grand1542

celebrated1549

heroicc1550

lustrantc1550

magnifical1557

illustrate1562

expectablec1565

ennobled1571

laurel1579

nominated1581

famosed1582

perspicuous1582

big1587

famed1595

uplifted1596

illustrious1598

celebrousc1600

luculent1600

celebrious1604

fameful1605

famoused1606

renownful1606

bruitful1609

eminent1611

insignious1620

clarousa1636

far-fameda1640

top1647

grandee1648

signalized1652

noscible1653

splendid1660

voiced1661

gloried1671

laurelled1683

distinguished1714

distinct1756

lustrious1769

trumpeted1775

spiry1825

world-famous1832

galactic1902

tycoonish1958

mega1987

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 421 His temple is solempne in þe ilond Diomedia.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 22 Edinburgh.., quhilke was nocht litle celebrate and solemne.

5. Of a formal and serious or deliberate character:

a. Of vows or oaths, spec. of those made under some religious sanction.Solemn League and Covenant: see Solemn League and Covenant at covenant n. 9a.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > of vow: formal or serious

solemnc1315

sacramentala1464

solemned1567

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [adjective] > relating to an oath > of an oath: solemn

deepOE

solemnc1315

solemned1567

religious1592

c1315 Shoreham i. 1785 Of chastete professioun Hys [= is] solempne by-heste.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 239 With sacrafyse vp-set, & solempne vowes.

a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1661 Hym þat brekeþ solempne vow, Or chawnge hyt wole, sende hym forþ now.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xlvi. 177 Makyng a grete & a solempne oath.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Mowbray xi We all agreed and sware a solempne oth.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 162 The solemnest vow that we euer made.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 54 Such faith is to be given to the solemnest Oathes of Kings.

1756 A. Butler Lives Saints I. 426 These Oblates make no solemn vows, only a promise of obedience to the mother-president.

1885 Month Nov. 436 The Redemptoristines were approved with solemn vows and are therefore a Religious Order properly so called.

1894 Month June 239 According to the Statutes the vows of the choir nuns should be those canonically called ‘solemn’.

b. Of statements, compacts, documents, etc.Not always clearly distinct from sense 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > grave or serious

heavy971

highOE

earnestfula1400

solemn1420

weighty1489

ponderousa1500

chargeablea1513

serious1531

earnest1533

gravous1535

capitala1538

deep1598

grave1824

1420 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 67 And aftirward with a solempne proposicion dennouncede vn to hym thys Pes.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 31 Alle the trouthis of lawe of kinde..weren writen bifore in thilk solempnest inward book.

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. v. f. xxx^v But than cometh he forth vppon me..with a very foly and with a solempne lye.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclvij Therefore we protest..in solemnwyse that we are of this mynd.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 760 Thomas Musgrave..was by solemne write of summons called to the Parliament.

1671 A. Marvell Let. 13 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 139 Our House hath..made a solemne vote That Aids giuen by the Commons ought not to be altered.

a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. i. 440 The solemn dissertations that have been made on these weighty subjects.

a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 130 Of mutter'd charms, and solemn invocation.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 31 The most solemn assurances of the Barometer that there is nothing to fear.

1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 263 A solemn agreement had been entered into; and Russia was entitled to demand its due execution.

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 550/2 But neither in England nor in Sicily did official formalism acknowledge even French..as a fit tongue for solemn documents.

6. Of a serious, grave, or earnest character:

a. Of actions, feelings, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]

seinec1330

sober1362

unfeastlyc1386

murec1390

unlaughter-milda1400

sadc1400

solemnyc1420

solemned1423

serious1440

solemnc1449

solenc1460

solemnel?1473

moy1487

demure1523

grave1549

staid1557

sage1564

sullen1583

weighty1602

solid1632

censoriousa1637

(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650

untriumphant1659

setc1660

agelastic1666

austere1667

humourless1671

unlaughing1737

smileless1740

untriflinga1743

untittering1749

steady1759

dun1797

antithalian1818

dreich1819

laughterless1825

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laughless1827

unfestive1844

sober-sided1847

gleeless1850

unfarcical1850

mome1855

deedy1895

button-down1959

buttoned-down1960

straight-faced1975

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 183 If bi the ymagis..schulde be maad eny quyk and feruent and solempne and miche deuout remembraunce.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxiiii He toke of hys cappe, and made a low and solempne obeysance.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 47 With a solempne conge departing he went about his busines.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 201 A figure like your father..with solemne march, Goes slowe and stately.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xlviii. 12 Paraphr.) 246 There is nothing so deserving our solemnest meditations.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 303 Therefore our Zeal, if sincere, will be solemn.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xii. 214 Our parochial Music, in general, is solemn and devout.

1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate i I shall never forget the solemn tone of expression with which he summed up the incapacities of the paralytic.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women lxiv, in Poems (new ed.) 138 I heard Him, for He spake, and grief became A solemn scorn of ills.

1868 E. S. Ffoulkes Church's Creed 36 There is a solemn document before the world—I may say one of the solemnest.

b. Of persons. Also transferred.

ΚΠ

a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. I4 Be not too sad least he thinke thou art sollempe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 298 Where the sad and solemne Priests sing still.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 648 Silent Night With this her solemn Bird.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 236 Some great Potentate..solemn and sublime, whom not to offend, With reverence I must meet.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 227 A shallow brain behind a serious mask,..The solemn fop.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxviii They were again a reverent flock, and he once more a solemn pastor.

1867 F. H. Ludlow Brace of Boys 265 So confused among the wax-works that he pinched the solemnest showman's legs to see if he was real.

absolute.1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxvii. 6 But dull water, avaunt..; seek the sour, the solemn!

c. Of the features or looks.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] > of appearance

sada1375

serious1601

solemna1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 90 Why do you bend such solemne browes on me?

1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 93 What Virgins these..That bend to earth their solemn brow.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic iii. 43 Though the eyes were open, the features were solemn and rigid.

1899 M. Benson & J. Gourlay Temple of Mut i. 11 An Arab girl with solemn eyes.

a. Fitted to excite serious thoughts or reflections; impressive, awe-inspiring.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adjective] > strong or deep

sensiblea1393

solemnc1400

forcible1573

powerful1588

pressive1623

effectual1662

knock-down1690

impressive1775

imposing1783

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c1400 St. Alexius (Laud) 867 Þe þrid tyme com þe voice Fro hym þat was don on croice wiþ gret solempne liȝth.

c1425 Abraham's Sacr. 437 in Bk. of Brome 68 Lo!..now haue we schowyd Thys solom story to grete and smale.

c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 84 The wind that puffeth vs vp in pride, vpon the solemne sight of worldly worship.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. H2 There raignd a solemne silence ouer all.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. E In solemn silency this vapour rose From this dread dale.

1719 T. Tickell To Earl Warwick, On Death Addison 15 What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire.

1757 T. Gray Ode II iii. i, in Odes 19 What solemn scenes on Snowdon's height.

1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xlv. 22 His solemn agony had not Yet faded from him.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 123 The solemn heights of Monte Rosa.

1880 J. F. Clarke Self-culture iii. 75 It becomes vastly more solemn than death.

†b. Gloomy, dark, sombre. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective]

duneOE

thestera900

thestria900

wana1000

darkfulOE

fadec1290

obscurousa1492

black-faced1562

murkyc1590

gloomy1594

tenebrous1599

solemn1604

overcast1616

mungy1632

shady1746

sombrous1754

sombre1760

gloomyish1821

gloomfula1849

ebonine1881

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 78 Customary suites of solemne [printedsolembe] blacke.

1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes lxxiii, in Wks. I. 788 Your partie-per-pale picture, one halfe drawne In solemne cypres.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 24 Wee see in Needleworkes and Imbroideries, It is more pleasing, to haue a Liuely Worke, vpon a Sad and Solemne Ground; then to haue a Darke and Melancholy Worke, vpon a Lightsome Ground.

8. As adv. Solemnly. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adverb]

in (full, great) formc1405

solemnedlyc1480

religiously1576

ceremoniously1600

complementally?1617

ceremonially1644

complimentally1679

solemn1743

1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Secular Poem Epil., in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. 385 Let the solemn Numbers rise; Solemn sing the Queen of Night.

9. As n. Solemnity. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun]

with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290

ceremonialc1380

circumstancec1386

celebrityc1425

pomposity?a1475

solemness1530

state1599

fashionableness1608

ceremoniality1623

decorum1638

setness1642

formality1666

ceremonialnessa1680

formalness1684

gravity1689

solemn1706

ceremony1759

panjandrum1860

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun] > that which is serious

solemn1706

seriousa1724

1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino iv. 16 When Subjects..Bind their dissembl'd Homage to the Crown, And bend the Solemns of Religion down.

10. In combinations.

a. Miscellaneous, as solemn-breathing, solemn-looking, solemn-proud adjs., solemn-slowly adv.

ΚΠ

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciiii Somtyme I syt as I were solempe prowde.

1637 J. Milton Comus 19 A soft, and solemne breathing sound.

1757 T. Gray Ode I i. ii, in Odes 6 Parent of sweet and solemn-breathing airs.

1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. 53 A cold, solemn-looking English sergeant.

1872 G. MacDonald Hidden Life & Other Poems 70 Let the bright sails all solemn-slowly pass.

b. Parasynthetic, or with past participles, as solemn-browed, solemn-eyed, solemn-measured, solemn-shaded, solemn-thoughted, solemn-visaged.

ΚΠ

1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Tragedies 110 For this beneath the solemn-shaded grove Our raptur'd invocations rise.

1838 R. M. Milnes Poems I. 11 Solemn-measured be your paces.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. vii. 221 In stiff-necked solemn-visaged piety.

1844 E. B. Barrett Lady Geraldine's Courtship in Poems I. 225 Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl.

1852 D. M. Mulock Head of Family I. vi. 161 A long-limbed, solemn-browed follower of the sciences.

1889 W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin 59 Away with us he's going, The solemn-eyed.

1930 M. Mead Growing up in New Guinea ix. 151 A tiny curly grass skirt is fashioned.., and the solemn-eyed baby arrayed in it for a feast day.

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单词	solemn
释义	solemnadj.adv.n. Brit. /ˈsɒləm/, U.S. /ˈsɑləm/ Forms: Middle English–1500s solempne (Middle English soll-), 1500s sol(l)empe; Middle English–1600s solemne, 1600s sollemn(e, 1500s– solemn; Middle English solom, 1500s sollem, soleme, sol-, sollom(e, 1500s–1600s solem. See also solemny adj. and solen adj. Etymology: < Old French solempne, solemne (= Spanish solemne, Portuguese solene) or < Latin sōl-, sollemnis (later also sollempnis), established, appointed, customary, festive, etc. The formation of the Latin word is doubtful; the common variant sōl-, sollennis (formerly explained as < sōlus, sollus whole, and annus year) is now believed to be due to assimilation, or to association with other adjectives in -ennis. 1. a. Associated or connected with religious rites or observances; performed with due ceremony and reverence; having a religious character; sacred. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [adjective] solemna1340 ceremonial138. solemnyc1420 solemned1423 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 solemnly1482 ceremonious1555 ritual1570 rituous1604 ceremonicala1627 liturgical1641 liturgic1656 Levitical1670 hierurgical1725 sacral1882 a1340 R. Rolle Cant. in Psalter 499 We sall synge oure psalmys, þat is, we sall make solempn þi louyngis. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 735 Ȝit may þer no man..Wiþ sole [m] pne sacrifice serue hem at onus. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 299 Seint Mammertus..ordeyned solempne letanyes þat beeþ i-cleped þe Rogaciouns. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 11 It was doon in ful solemne wyse And with many a cerymonye. 1528 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 319 The seruice daylie doon..so deuoute, solempne, and full of Armonye. 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 5 The solemnest divine honour which I see in those parts. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 808 Then came forth the sacrificers, who began the sacrifice of men..: for this was their solemnest festiuall. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. vii. 17 It is answered, that seven was the compleat and solemne number, whereon God himself emphatically insists. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 390 [They] with cursed things His holy Rites, and solemn Feasts profan'd. View more context for this quotation 1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State (ed. 2) 226 During the solemner Sabbaths of the Spirit. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 45 At last a solemn grace Concluded, and we sought the gardens. b. spec. Of various ecclesiastical ceremonies or services of a special character (see quots.). solemn mass n. mass celebrated with the assistance of a deacon and subdeacon, with incense and music. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > kinds of mass > [noun] > high High MassOE great massa1492 solemn mass1626 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 284 He giffes a solempne cursyng, Tille þo þat þer on liffes. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iiij A solempne dyryge is songe there With a grete drynkynge. 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.vii^v To thys daye they vse on solempne feastes to folowe theyr old ordinary. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. i. f. 52/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I It happened..in a Rogation weeke that the clergy goyng in solemne procession [etc.]. 1626 C. Potter Father Paul's Hist. i. 32 The Counsellors assembled to assist at a solemn Masse. 1699 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 54 Father Rector of ye Colledge performed his Jubilee with a Solemn Mass. 1700 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 68 A Solemne Obsequie for Count Colonna of Bornhem. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed vii. 93 In the high or solemn Mass the Gospel is sung by the Deacon. 1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici V. vii. 188 The festival of the circumcision became solemn in the sixth century. 1866 J. Purchas & F. G. Lee Directorium Anglicanum (ed. 3) 360 Solemn Service, a choral celebration of the Holy Eucharist. 1898 C. Wordsworth Mediæval Services 33 When the Bishop was performing a solemn Mass. 1908 Church Times 13 Mar. 347/2 Parishioners, friends, and relatives gathered from far and near for the Solemn Requiem. 2. Of days or seasons: Marked by the celebration of special observances or rites (esp. of a religious character); distinguished by, or set apart for, special ceremonies. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [adjective] ghostlyOE holyc1000 goodOE solemnc1325 festival1389 festiala1422 feastfulc1425 festal1479 spiritual1491 c1325 Prose Psalter cxvii. 25 Stablis þe solempne daie. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1418 Þemperour erded stille in rome at þe ester tide, & for þat solempne sesoun dede somoun alle þe grete, of lordes & ladies þat to þat lond partened. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 29 He..forbeed hem mete and drynkenge of wyn but it were in certeyne solempne dayes in þe ȝere. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 50 Þat feyris nor markets had no place in þe kirk in solempne tymis. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 194 In hey festis & solempne dayys. a1533 J. Frith Myrroure Sacramente of Baptisme (?1548) sig. Cv The Jewes..were commaunded to keepe the Seventh daye solempne. 1611 Bible (King James) Num. x. 10 Also in the day of your gladnesse, and in your solemne dayes. View more context for this quotation 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Exod. xx. 17) 70 Holie-daies were either quotidian, or solemn. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 482 To this there joynes a spacious hall for sollemn days to Ballot in. 3. a. Performed with, accompanied by, due formality or ceremony; of a formal or ceremonious character. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adjective] > full of or accompanied by ceremony or formality solemnc1369 solemned1423 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 formal1596 set1606 ceremoniousa1616 circumstantial1710 full dress1776 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 302 Eueryche [bird] songe in his wyse The most solempne seruyse. c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 61 This Cambinskan..halt his feste, so solempne and so riche That in this world ne was ther noon it liche. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 464/1 Solempne, or feestfulle, festivus, celeber. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 548 Now truly, to my thynkynge, This is a solempne drinkynge. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Ffii To morrow next there is sollem hunting in the parke here adioyning. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 723 A solemne horse running, wherein the horse that out runneth the rest hath for his prise a little golden bell. 1662 J. Davies in tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors To Eng. Merchants sig. A2 The accompt of a Solemn Embassy, sent to two of the greatest Princes of Europe and Asia. 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 480 Being the Kings birth-day, was a solemn Ball at Court. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iii. 112 Till at length,..in solemn final session, there bursts forth..an explosion of eloquence. 1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. i. 30 They were invited to two solemn banquets. †b. Formal; regular; uniform. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] oneOE consimilec1400 suinga1425 even?c1425 agreeable1512 uniform1540 consemblable?1541 suant1547 constantc1550 just?1556 similar1563 similary1564 unvaried1570 uniformal1574 consimilar1577 homogeneana1601 homogeneal1603 homogene1607 invariable1607 of a piece1607 undistinguisheda1616 univocal1615 immutable1621 uniformable1632 solemn1639 homogeneous1646 consistent1651 pariformal1651 self-consistent1651 congeniousa1656 level1655 undiversificated1659 equal1663 of one make1674 invarieda1676 congenerous1683 undiversified1684 equable1693 solid1699 consisting1700 tranquil1794 unbranching1826 horizontal1842 sole1845 self-similar1847 homoeomeric1865 equiformal1883 monochrome1970 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] > conforming to a standard rule rightOE justc1384 verya1425 orderly1542 ruled1551 normatic1598 formal1635 solemn1639 regular1643 mathematical1776 reglementary1800 rule-right1877 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] > conforming to a standard rule > characterized by the presence or operation of just?1556 regular?1558 solemn1639 suanta1722 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. ix. 184 Since which time we find no solemn taking it [sc. the city] by the Turks. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 302 Castles..able to resist (though no solemn siege) a tumultary incursion. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xvii. 47 Any matter may easily repass..in the solemn Circulation of the Blood. 1704 Dict. Rusticum at Hotshoots They will continue a glowing, solemn, and constant Fire, for seven or eight hours. †c. Customary; carefully observed. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] habitudinalc1380 ordinala1425 usantc1450 habituate1526 habited1605 habitual1611 solemn1616 habituary1627 hectic1641 practised1656 regular1786 familiar1920 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) Ded. in Wks. I. 3 So solemne a vice it is with them to vse the authoritie of their ignorance, to the crying downe of Poetry. †4. a. Grand, imposing; sumptuous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > magnificent lordlylOE richc1275 prouda1300 noblec1300 gloriousc1315 reala1325 rialc1330 stouta1350 solemnc1386 royalc1400 pompousc1425 statelyc1425 lordlike1488 magnific1490 of state1498 magnificenta1530 pompatic1535 magnificala1538 princely1539 gorgeous?1542 regal1561 superbious?1566 surly1566 splendent1567 heroical1577 superbous1581 sumptuous1594 pompatical1610 pompal1616 fastidious1638 grand1673 splendid1685 grandific1727 grandiose1818 splendiferous1827 splendacious1843 magnolious1863 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adjective] > imposing menskful?c1225 solemnc1386 splendid1653 awfula1656 grand1678 imposing1783 grande dame1827 swanky1940 c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 387 Arryved ben this cristen folk to londe, In Surrie, with a greet solempne route. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1171 He sete on Salamones solie, on solemne wyse. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiiii Salomon, buylded a solemne temple..of stones precious & quadrat or squared. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1630 Priam..a pales gert make Within the Cite full Solempne of a sete riall. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xv. 27 For which purpose also the players garments were made more rich & costly and solemne. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cx. 10 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 179 In solempne robes they glad shall goe. †b. Of great dignity or importance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance worthlyeOE mickleeOE greatc1225 right hand?c1225 solemna1387 materialc1475 superior1526 grand1542 weighty1558 main1581 pregnant1591 pregnate1598 materious1611 moliminous1642 momentous1656 magic1696 all-important1748 big1748 eventful1756 colossal1775 bread and butter1822 bada1825 key1832 all-absorbing1834 earth-moving?1834 earth-shaking1835 earth-shatteringa1859 high-ranking1874 beaucoup1917 major league1951 earth-stopping1956 crucial1957 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] higheOE drightlikeOE highlyOE drightfula1225 prouda1275 principalc1385 solemna1387 gentlec1390 high and mighty1400 imperial?c1400 royalc1405 kinglyc1425 sublimatec1425 lordfulc1429 lordlyc1440 assumpt1447 raiseda1450 haught1470 kinglikec1485 lordlike1488 triumphant1494 greatlya1500 princely?a1510 supereminent1531 princelike1532 lofta1547 lofty1548 regal1561 supernal1562 haughty1563 excelse1569 queen-like?1571 majestical1578 erecteda1586 augustious1591 ennobled1592 imperious1592 enthronized1593 august1594 high-born1598 sublimed1602 jovial1604 majestic1606 enthroned1609 starred1615 exalted1623 majestuous1633 reared1638 sublimary1655 majestative1656 kingrik1663 superb1663 grand1673 celse1708 stilted1744 canonized1790 queenly1791 apotheosized1794 princified1857 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 3 After solempne and wise writeres of arte. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 95 Babylonia..was first so solempne þat it conteyned Assyria, Caldea, and Mesopotamia. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 209 Ther was..A lymytour, a ful solempne man. c1430 J. Lydgate in Pol., Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 28 I fond a lyknesse depict vpon a wal.., The hede of thre fulle solempne and roiall, Intellectus, Memorye, and Resoun. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxiiii. f. vcii^v Ethilstan..mette with hym, and his people at a place called Brymforde, where he had a great & solempne victory. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 230 Thrie Judgement saites to be seperate ane frome another in solemne places. †c. Famous, renowned. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] mereeOE athelOE couthOE brightOE namecundc1175 outnumenc1175 noble?c1225 ketec1275 sheenc1275 tirfulc1275 glorious13.. losedc1305 of great renownc1330 glorifieda1340 worthly or worthy in wonea1350 clearc1374 nameda1382 solemna1387 renomeda1393 famous?a1400 renomé?a1400 renowneda1400 notedc1400 of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430 celebrate?1440 namely1440 famosec1449 honourable?c1450 notedc1450 parent?c1450 glorificatec1460 heroical?a1475 insignite?a1475 magnific1490 well-fameda1492 exemie1497 singular1497 preclare1503 magnificential1506 laureate1508 illustre?a1513 illustred1512 magnificent1513 preclared1530 grand1542 celebrated1549 heroicc1550 lustrantc1550 magnifical1557 illustrate1562 expectablec1565 ennobled1571 laurel1579 nominated1581 famosed1582 perspicuous1582 big1587 famed1595 uplifted1596 illustrious1598 celebrousc1600 luculent1600 celebrious1604 fameful1605 famoused1606 renownful1606 bruitful1609 eminent1611 insignious1620 clarousa1636 far-fameda1640 top1647 grandee1648 signalized1652 noscible1653 splendid1660 voiced1661 gloried1671 laurelled1683 distinguished1714 distinct1756 lustrious1769 trumpeted1775 spiry1825 world-famous1832 galactic1902 tycoonish1958 mega1987 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 421 His temple is solempne in þe ilond Diomedia. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 22 Edinburgh.., quhilke was nocht litle celebrate and solemne. 5. Of a formal and serious or deliberate character: a. Of vows or oaths, spec. of those made under some religious sanction.Solemn League and Covenant: see Solemn League and Covenant at covenant n. 9a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > of vow: formal or serious solemnc1315 sacramentala1464 solemned1567 the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [adjective] > relating to an oath > of an oath: solemn deepOE solemnc1315 solemned1567 religious1592 c1315 Shoreham i. 1785 Of chastete professioun Hys [= is] solempne by-heste. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 239 With sacrafyse vp-set, & solempne vowes. a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1661 Hym þat brekeþ solempne vow, Or chawnge hyt wole, sende hym forþ now. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xlvi. 177 Makyng a grete & a solempne oath. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Mowbray xi We all agreed and sware a solempne oth. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 162 The solemnest vow that we euer made. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 54 Such faith is to be given to the solemnest Oathes of Kings. 1756 A. Butler Lives Saints I. 426 These Oblates make no solemn vows, only a promise of obedience to the mother-president. 1885 Month Nov. 436 The Redemptoristines were approved with solemn vows and are therefore a Religious Order properly so called. 1894 Month June 239 According to the Statutes the vows of the choir nuns should be those canonically called ‘solemn’. b. Of statements, compacts, documents, etc.Not always clearly distinct from sense 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > grave or serious heavy971 highOE earnestfula1400 solemn1420 weighty1489 ponderousa1500 chargeablea1513 serious1531 earnest1533 gravous1535 capitala1538 deep1598 grave1824 1420 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 67 And aftirward with a solempne proposicion dennouncede vn to hym thys Pes. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 31 Alle the trouthis of lawe of kinde..weren writen bifore in thilk solempnest inward book. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. v. f. xxx^v But than cometh he forth vppon me..with a very foly and with a solempne lye. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclvij Therefore we protest..in solemnwyse that we are of this mynd. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 760 Thomas Musgrave..was by solemne write of summons called to the Parliament. 1671 A. Marvell Let. 13 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 139 Our House hath..made a solemne vote That Aids giuen by the Commons ought not to be altered. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. i. 440 The solemn dissertations that have been made on these weighty subjects. a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 130 Of mutter'd charms, and solemn invocation. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 31 The most solemn assurances of the Barometer that there is nothing to fear. 1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 263 A solemn agreement had been entered into; and Russia was entitled to demand its due execution. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 550/2 But neither in England nor in Sicily did official formalism acknowledge even French..as a fit tongue for solemn documents. 6. Of a serious, grave, or earnest character: a. Of actions, feelings, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] seinec1330 sober1362 unfeastlyc1386 murec1390 unlaughter-milda1400 sadc1400 solemnyc1420 solemned1423 serious1440 solemnc1449 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 moy1487 demure1523 grave1549 staid1557 sage1564 sullen1583 weighty1602 solid1632 censoriousa1637 (as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650 untriumphant1659 setc1660 agelastic1666 austere1667 humourless1671 unlaughing1737 smileless1740 untriflinga1743 untittering1749 steady1759 dun1797 antithalian1818 dreich1819 laughterless1825 unsmiling1826 laughless1827 unfestive1844 sober-sided1847 gleeless1850 unfarcical1850 mome1855 deedy1895 button-down1959 buttoned-down1960 straight-faced1975 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 183 If bi the ymagis..schulde be maad eny quyk and feruent and solempne and miche deuout remembraunce. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxiiii He toke of hys cappe, and made a low and solempne obeysance. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 47 With a solempne conge departing he went about his busines. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 201 A figure like your father..with solemne march, Goes slowe and stately. View more context for this quotation 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xlviii. 12 Paraphr.) 246 There is nothing so deserving our solemnest meditations. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 303 Therefore our Zeal, if sincere, will be solemn. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xii. 214 Our parochial Music, in general, is solemn and devout. 1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate i I shall never forget the solemn tone of expression with which he summed up the incapacities of the paralytic. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women lxiv, in Poems (new ed.) 138 I heard Him, for He spake, and grief became A solemn scorn of ills. 1868 E. S. Ffoulkes Church's Creed 36 There is a solemn document before the world—I may say one of the solemnest. b. Of persons. Also transferred. ΚΠ a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. I4 Be not too sad least he thinke thou art sollempe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 298 Where the sad and solemne Priests sing still. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 648 Silent Night With this her solemn Bird. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 236 Some great Potentate..solemn and sublime, whom not to offend, With reverence I must meet. View more context for this quotation 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 227 A shallow brain behind a serious mask,..The solemn fop. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxviii They were again a reverent flock, and he once more a solemn pastor. 1867 F. H. Ludlow Brace of Boys 265 So confused among the wax-works that he pinched the solemnest showman's legs to see if he was real. absolute.1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxvii. 6 But dull water, avaunt..; seek the sour, the solemn! c. Of the features or looks. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] > of appearance sada1375 serious1601 solemna1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 90 Why do you bend such solemne browes on me? View more context for this quotation 1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 93 What Virgins these..That bend to earth their solemn brow. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic iii. 43 Though the eyes were open, the features were solemn and rigid. 1899 M. Benson & J. Gourlay Temple of Mut i. 11 An Arab girl with solemn eyes. 7. a. Fitted to excite serious thoughts or reflections; impressive, awe-inspiring. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adjective] > strong or deep sensiblea1393 solemnc1400 forcible1573 powerful1588 pressive1623 effectual1662 knock-down1690 impressive1775 imposing1783 effective1790 telling1819 home-coming1848 compelling1901 awesome1916 impactive1934 dynamite1942 fuck-off1962 c1400 St. Alexius (Laud) 867 Þe þrid tyme com þe voice Fro hym þat was don on croice wiþ gret solempne liȝth. c1425 Abraham's Sacr. 437 in Bk. of Brome 68 Lo!..now haue we schowyd Thys solom story to grete and smale. c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 84 The wind that puffeth vs vp in pride, vpon the solemne sight of worldly worship. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. H2 There raignd a solemne silence ouer all. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. E In solemn silency this vapour rose From this dread dale. 1719 T. Tickell To Earl Warwick, On Death Addison 15 What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire. 1757 T. Gray Ode II iii. i, in Odes 19 What solemn scenes on Snowdon's height. 1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xlv. 22 His solemn agony had not Yet faded from him. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 123 The solemn heights of Monte Rosa. 1880 J. F. Clarke Self-culture iii. 75 It becomes vastly more solemn than death. †b. Gloomy, dark, sombre. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] duneOE thestera900 thestria900 wana1000 darkfulOE fadec1290 obscurousa1492 black-faced1562 murkyc1590 gloomy1594 tenebrous1599 solemn1604 overcast1616 mungy1632 shady1746 sombrous1754 sombre1760 gloomyish1821 gloomfula1849 ebonine1881 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 78 Customary suites of solemne [printedsolembe] blacke. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes lxxiii, in Wks. I. 788 Your partie-per-pale picture, one halfe drawne In solemne cypres. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 24 Wee see in Needleworkes and Imbroideries, It is more pleasing, to haue a Liuely Worke, vpon a Sad and Solemne Ground; then to haue a Darke and Melancholy Worke, vpon a Lightsome Ground. 8. As adv. Solemnly. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adverb] in (full, great) formc1405 solemnedlyc1480 religiously1576 ceremoniously1600 complementally?1617 ceremonially1644 complimentally1679 solemn1743 1743 P. Francis tr. Horace Secular Poem Epil., in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. 385 Let the solemn Numbers rise; Solemn sing the Queen of Night. 9. As n. Solemnity. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290 ceremonialc1380 circumstancec1386 celebrityc1425 pomposity?a1475 solemness1530 state1599 fashionableness1608 ceremoniality1623 decorum1638 setness1642 formality1666 ceremonialnessa1680 formalness1684 gravity1689 solemn1706 ceremony1759 panjandrum1860 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun] > that which is serious solemn1706 seriousa1724 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino iv. 16 When Subjects..Bind their dissembl'd Homage to the Crown, And bend the Solemns of Religion down. 10. In combinations. a. Miscellaneous, as solemn-breathing, solemn-looking, solemn-proud adjs., solemn-slowly adv. ΚΠ a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciiii Somtyme I syt as I were solempe prowde. 1637 J. Milton Comus 19 A soft, and solemne breathing sound. 1757 T. Gray Ode I i. ii, in Odes 6 Parent of sweet and solemn-breathing airs. 1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. 53 A cold, solemn-looking English sergeant. 1872 G. MacDonald Hidden Life & Other Poems 70 Let the bright sails all solemn-slowly pass. b. Parasynthetic, or with past participles, as solemn-browed, solemn-eyed, solemn-measured, solemn-shaded, solemn-thoughted, solemn-visaged. ΚΠ 1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Tragedies 110 For this beneath the solemn-shaded grove Our raptur'd invocations rise. 1838 R. M. Milnes Poems I. 11 Solemn-measured be your paces. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. vii. 221 In stiff-necked solemn-visaged piety. 1844 E. B. Barrett Lady Geraldine's Courtship in Poems I. 225 Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. 1852 D. M. Mulock Head of Family I. vi. 161 A long-limbed, solemn-browed follower of the sciences. 1889 W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin 59 Away with us he's going, The solemn-eyed. 1930 M. Mead Growing up in New Guinea ix. 151 A tiny curly grass skirt is fashioned.., and the solemn-eyed baby arrayed in it for a feast day. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † solemnv. Forms: In Middle English–1500s solemne, 1500s solemp(n)e. Etymology: < solemn adj., or < Old French solem(p)ner, -nier. Obsolete. transitive. To solemnize, celebrate. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > perform rite(s) [verb (transitive)] workOE servec1175 usea1250 solemnize1382 exercisea1400 observec1425 solennizec1440 officyc1443 officec1449 execute1450 solemn1483 celebratec1487 solemnizate1538 frequenta1555 to put upa1628 officiate1631 ceremony1635 liturgy1716 1483 Cath. Angl. 348/2 To Solemne, solennizare, celebrare. ?a1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 23 To morowe the seventh daye I will solempe [v.r. blyn]. 1527 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (Chetham Soc.) i. 34 I will y^t Sir Iohn Walton occupye and solempne dyvine service at the forsaid Chapell. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 272 They solemne marriages, and begynne the same with fyre and flynte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.adv.n.c1315v.1483
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