solemnizations
Official ritual performances
Solemnizations are formal ceremonies or acts that give official or sacred status to something, especially marriages.
A wedding conducted by a judge or clergy member is a solemnization of the union.
The word emphasizes ritual dignity and legal or religious validity: The solemnizations took place in the chapel at noon.
Formal ceremonial acts
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- consecrationsActs of making holy
- ordinationsFormal clergy induction ceremonies
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
liturgies · blessings · dedications · observances · baptisms · confirmations · masses · services
Marriage celebration events
- nuptialsVows and rings
- marriagesLegal spousal unions
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
unions · betrothals · officiants · rings · pronouncements · blessings · witnesses · registrars
Ostentatious display of dignity
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- dignityInnate personal worth
- formalityStrict observance of convention
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
pageantry · processions · rituals · traditions · observances · commemorations · protocols · decorum
Process of making rigorous
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- officiatingOverseeing formal proceedings
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
witnesses · contracts · registrations · validations · authentication · declarations · pronouncements · legitimization
rites
Formal ceremonial acts
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- consecrationsActs of making holy
- ordinationsFormal clergy induction ceremonies
sacraments · liturgies · blessings · dedications · observances · baptisms · confirmations · masses · services · clergy
weddings
Marriage celebration events
ceremonies · unions · betrothals · officiants · rings · pronouncements · blessings · witnesses · registrars · chapels
pomp
Ostentatious display of dignity
reverence · pageantry · processions · rituals · traditions · observances · commemorations · protocols · decorum · regalia
formalization
Process of making rigorous
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- officiatingOverseeing formal proceedings
documentation · witnesses · contracts · registrations · validations · authentication · declarations · pronouncements · legitimization · notarization
solemnizationsrevelries
Lively, noisy celebrations
frolics · romps · larks · capers · bacchanals
solemnizationsannulments
Legal nullifications of unions
nullifications · dissolutions · invalidations · cancellations · revocations