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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 358 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SOLEMN (See also:Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, See also:annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, See also:year) , properly that which occurs annually, hence at stated intervals, See also:regular, established; the See also:term being particularly used of religious See also:rites or ceremonies which recur at stated intervals, hence festive, sacred, marked by religious ceremony or See also:ritual, and so See also:grave, impressive, serious, the most See also:general current usage. Another See also:branch of meaning stresses the formal, customary aspect; and hence in such phrases as " solemn See also:act," See also:probate in " solemn See also:form," it means that which is done with all due forms and ceremonies.

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