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   solemnize

   /ˈsɒləmnʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. duly perform (a ceremony, especially that of marriage): "they needed only to find a priest to solemnize their marriage"
   • ▪ mark (an event) with a formal ceremony: "she made the promise which was solemnized by the local ‘witch doctor’"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French solemniser, from medieval Latin solemnizare, from Latin sollemnis (see solemn).

   Derivatives

   • 1. solemnization noun

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   How is marriage solemnized?

   • Marriage is solemnized mainly through negotiation. That was a church from which a licence to solemnize marriages had been withdrawn. The effect is to enable clergymen to solemnize certain marriages in institutions such as hospitals, prisons or places of learning.

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   What does solemnize mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'? The meaning of SOLEMNIZE is to observe or honor with solemnity. How to use solemnize in a sentence.

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   What does it mean to solemnize a relationship?

   • To make official or formal through ceremony or legal act, a relationship is solemnized. The couple chose to solemnize their relationship in a secular ceremony, instead of having a wedding. To make grave, serious, and reverential.

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   What does solemnity mean?

   • 1. to go through or observe with ceremony or formality. 2. to perform the ceremony of (marriage). 3. to render solemn; dignify. 4. to act or speak with solemnity. sol`em•ni•za′tion, n.

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   Does solemnize have a suffix?

   • You'll know when you wrap your tongue around this one, in which the n, normally silent in solemn, gets to introduce the suffix -ize. Even more fun is the fact that solemnize has a Greek suffix tacked onto a Latin root, sollemnis, or "formal, ceremonial, traditional."

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   Can a minister solemnize a marriage?

   • Some states allow anyone to solemnize a marriage. This affection eventually solemnized in the form of a rakhi symbolically. He was also long a justice of the peace, and solemnized many marriages. Ministers preach the word, baptize, assist deacons in anointing, solemnize marriages, and officiate at communion.

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   Solemnize means to perform the official marriage ceremony, especially as part of a religious ceremony in a church. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and its usage in sentences from various sources.

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     SOLEMNIZE definicja: 1. to perform the official marriage...

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   Learn the meaning of solemnize, a verb that means to observe or honor with solemnity, to perform with ceremony, or to make solemn. See examples, synonyms, word history, and related entries.

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   4 meanings: 1. to celebrate or observe with rites or formal ceremonies, as a religious occasion 2. to celebrate or perform the.... Click for more definitions.

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   Solemnize means to perform the ceremony of marriage, to observe or commemorate with rites or ceremonies, or to make solemn or serious. See the origin, derived forms, and example sentences of solemnize from Dictionary.com.

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   Solemnize means to celebrate or observe with dignity and gravity, or to perform the ceremony of marriage. See synonyms, pronunciation, translations and usage examples of solemnize from various sources.

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   When you solemnize something, you make it serious or dignified. You might solemnize a meal by lighting candles and saying grace before you eat.

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   solemnize something to perform a religious ceremony, especially a marriage Topics Religion and festivals c2 Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French solemniser , from medieval Latin solemnizare , from Latin sollemnis ‘customary, celebrated at a fixed date’, from sollus ‘entire’.