Sanctity vs Solemnity - What's the difference?
sanctity | solemnity | Synonyms |
(uncountable) Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness
(uncountable) The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability
(countable) Something considered sacred.
The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
* Addison
* J. Edwards
An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
* Alexander Pope
* Atterbury
(legal) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
Sanctity is a synonym of solemnity.
As nouns the difference between sanctity and solemnity
is that sanctity is (uncountable) holiness of life or disposition; saintliness while solemnity is the quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.sanctity
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*solemnity
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(solemnities)- the solemnity of a funeral
- The stateliness and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language.
- These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath.
- Great was the cause; our old solemnities / From no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, / But saved from death, our Argives yearly pay / These grateful honours to the god of day.
- The forms and solemnities of the last judgment.
