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# solemnity

«solemnity» in Mova's school dictionary: **Great seriousness, a grave and formal feeling** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Great seriousness, a grave and formal feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnity/#m1)

2) A serious, formal ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the careful, serious way that rites and worship are carried out

### examples

- The service was held with great solemnity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnity/#x1)
- Everyone spoke in a voice of solemnity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnity/#x2)
- The rites were done with solemnity by torchlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnity/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «solemnity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.