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The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
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solemnization
Word definitions for solemnization in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The performance of a ceremony (in an appropriate and solemn manner), such as performing a marriage.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage" [syn: celebration , solemnisation ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "act of celebrating," from Old French solemnisation , solempnisation , or directly from Medieval Latin solempnizationem (nominative solempnizatio ), from Latin sollemnis (see solemn ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Solemnization \Sol`em*ni*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. solemnisation, solennisation.] The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the context of marriage , solemnization refers to the performance of a ceremony. Most if not all jurisdictions in the United States require solemnization in addition to a marriage license for there to be a legally valid marriage.
Usage examples of solemnization.
For first, on the Sacred Day of the Passion of Our Lord, that is to say, on Good Friday, as it is called, during the solemnization of the Mass of the Presanctified they shoot with arrows, as at a target, at the most sacred image of the Crucifix.