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solemnize

[sol-uhm-nahyz] / ˈsɒl əmˌnaɪz /


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Nine years later, when the United Kingdom allowed same-sex couples to solemnize their marriages in religious ceremonies, Ortega-Medina and his husband married in a Jewish ceremony at West London Synagogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023

Kate Black, the groom’s sister who received temporary authorization from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to solemnize this marriage, officiated.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2018

North Carolina has attempted to accommodate officials like Davis, allowing some register of deeds workers who assemble marriage licenses and magistrates who solemnize civil marriages to recuse themselves.

From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2015

I wonder if we can evolve technologies of looking on the Web that solemnize and sacralize.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2014

I greet thee with a modern rhyme, Love-lit and reverent as befits the time, To solemnize the feast-day of thy son.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric




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