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Concordances
Thompson Chain Reference
• Charges, Solemn
Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Solemn Meeting
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Solemn Assembly
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Solemn, Solemnity
• Solemn Assembly
King James Dictionary
• Solemnity
• Solemn
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Solemnity
• Solemn Mass
• Solemn
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Webster Dictionary
• Solemnness
• Solemnizing
• Solemnizer
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Solemn
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Assembly, Solemn
• Solemn Assembly (Meeting)
• Solemn; Solemnity
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Covenant, Solemn League and
• Paschal Solemnity
• Solemn League and Covenant.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Covenant, Solemn League and
• League and Covenant, Solemn
• Solemn League and Covenant
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Solemnity
Lexicons
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• הִגָּיון
• חַג
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(1):

(n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.

(2):

(n.) ceremony adapted to impress with awe.

(3):

(n.) Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.

(4):

(n.) Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.

(5):

(n.) Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey.

(6):

(n.) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.