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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
• ἀνάθεμα
• הִגָּיון
• חַג
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(Lat. sollemnis, sollennis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. 6Xor, and annus, year), properly that which occurs annually, hence at stated intervals, regular, established; the term being particularly used of religious rites or ceremonies which recur at stated intervals, hence festive, sacred, marked by religious ceremony or ritual, and so grave, impressive, serious, the most general current usage. Another branch of meaning stresses the formal, customary aspect; and hence in such phrases as "solemn act," probate in "solemn form," it means that which is done with all due forms and ceremonies.