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- noun Plural form of
solemnity .
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When the city of our solemnities is thus made a quiet habitation at any time, and we are fed from day to day with the bread of life, no man forbidding us, we must give thanks to God for it and prepare for changes, still longing for that holy mountain in which there shall never be any pricking brier nor grieving thorn.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Jerusalem, the city of our solemnities, is indeed but a tabernacle, in comparison with the New Jerusalem.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Note, When the city of our solemnities is out of sight, yet it must not be out of mind; and it will be of great use to us, in our journey through this world, to let the heavenly Jerusalem come often into our mind.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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"On the last evening of the solemnities were my difficulties completely removed by the ardent exercise of a man near three score, a man far, very far from enthusiasm, and its constituents, melancholy and irrational devotion; a man whose mind was enlightened, long enlightened with the rays of science and religion.
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For this reason, the "propositiones" voted by the Cardinals and Bishops at the March plenary foresee a return to the sense of sacredness and to adoration, but also a recovery of the celebrations in Latin in the dioceses, at least in the main solemnities, as well as the publication of bilingual Missals - a request made at his time by Paul VI - with the Latin text first.
Tornielli: The "Reform of the Reform" Proposals Approved by the Pope 2009
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No solemnities about the Fundamental Nature of the Market vs. Government will change that.
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The greatest of these solemnities is, of course, the Nativity of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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No solemnities about the Fundamental Nature of the Market vs. Government will change that.
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They tell us that this is usually celebrated on Saturdays, often on weekday solemnities, and monthly on Sunday.
Prinknash Abbey 2009
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Holy Thursday is treated as a solemn feast of the Lord; as on other such solemnities, the vestments are white, and during the Mass both the Gloria and Creed are said.
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