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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 358 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SOLEMN (
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Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly,
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annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus,
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year)
  , properly that which occurs annually, hence at stated intervals,
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regular, established; the
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term being particularly used of religious
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rites or ceremonies which recur at stated intervals, hence festive, sacred, marked by religious ceremony or ritual, and so
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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,"
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probate in " solemn form," it means that which is done with all due forms and ceremonies .

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