Solemnity

1. n. A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
2. n. A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.
3. n. ceremony adapted to impress with awe.
4. n. Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.
5. n. Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.
6. n. Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.