Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun etc. See solemnization, etc.

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  • noun the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

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Examples

  • Indeed, as the period approached, the threat appeared more as a delusion, not to be regarded as worthy to disturb my peace, while the happiness I hoped for in my marriage wore a greater appearance of certainty, as the day fixed for its solemnisation drew nearer, and I heard it continually spoken of as an occurrence which no accident could possibly prevent.

    Chapter 22 2010

  • Tell me, therefore, whether you object to an immediate solemnisation of the marriage.

    Chapter 18 2010

  • Tell me, therefore, whether you object to an immediate solemnisation of the marriage.

    Chapter 1 2010

  • The Act seeks to regulate the solemnisation and registration of civil unions, by way of either marriage or a civil partnership, and provides for the legal consequences of the solemnisation and registration of civil unions.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • The Marriage Act designates who may act as marriage officers, provides for the solemnisation of marriages outside South Africa, regulates the documentary requirements of marriages and deals with the lodging of objections to any proposed marriage.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • 'If, therefore, the Prince de Carignan,' said the King, 'be anxious to settle his daughter's marriage, by any immediate matrimonial alliance, I certainly shall not avail myself of any prior engagement, nor oppose any obstacle in the way of its solemnisation.'

    Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe — Complete Mme. Du Hausset

  • 'If, therefore, the Prince de Carignan,' said the King, 'be anxious to settle his daughter's marriage, by any immediate matrimonial alliance, I certainly shall not avail myself of any prior engagement, nor oppose any obstacle in the way of its solemnisation.'

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • As the marriage was an event of importance, and the circumstances are simple historic facts, it is strange that there should be any uncertainty regarding the details of its solemnisation.

    Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

  • The recent Papal Decree, termed _Ne Temere_, regulating the solemnisation of marriages, has been enforced in Ireland in a manner which must seem impossible to Englishmen.

    Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union Various

  • 'If, therefore, the Prince de Carignan,' said the King, 'be anxious to settle his daughter's marriage, by any immediate matrimonial alliance, I certainly shall not avail myself of any prior engagement, nor oppose any obstacle in the way of its solemnisation.'

    Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe — Volume 4 Mme. Du Hausset

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