Solemnity, 1) ceremony performed (especially the celebration of nuptials; cf. solemn in Shr. III, 2, 103. All's II, 3, 187. Tw. V, 392. Rom. IV, 5, 88); and hence, festivity: Gent. V, 4, 161. Meas. III, 1, 224. Mids. I, 1, 11. IV, 1, 139. IV, 1, 139 V, 376. John II, 555. Rom. I, 5, 59. Rom. I, 5, 59 IV, 5, 61. Ant. V, 2, 369.
2) awful grandeur, stateliness, dignity: “my state, seldom but sumptuous, showed like a feast and won by rareness such s.” H4A III, 2, 59.