solemnizing
Making officially sacred
Solemnizing is performing a ceremony with due formality and gravity, especially a marriage or religious rite.
A judge or officiant solemnizes a wedding by conducting it according to legal or sacred requirements: The priest was solemnizing the union when the power went out.
The word emphasizes the serious, ceremonial nature of the act.
Solemn binding promises
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- officiantCeremony presider
- nuptialsVows and rings
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
inauguration · ordination · coronation · consecration · investiture · enthronement · benediction · convocation
Making someone or something sacred
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- anointmentRitual application of oil
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- prayerAddress to deity
chant · incantation · mantra · devotion · sanctity · veneration · observance · sacredness
vows
Solemn binding promises
wedding · inauguration · ordination · coronation · consecration · investiture · enthronement · benediction · convocation · commemoration
sanctification
Making someone or something sacred
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- anointmentRitual application of oil
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
prayer · chant · incantation · mantra · devotion · sanctity · veneration · observance · sacredness · pilgrimage
stately
Grand and imposing
reverent · formal · measured · composed · decorous · serious · noble · venerable · elevated · sublime
solemnizingpartying
Social revelry in progress
horsing around · goofing off · casualizing · trivializing · reveling
solemnizingannulling
Nullifying legally
dissolving · invalidating · nullifying · voiding · revoking
solemnizingprofaning
Violating sacred things
desecrating · mocking · ridiculing · trivializing · debasing
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