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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

Jennifer Elysia Holland and Steven Gilman Dannenberg were married Nov. 3 in Bolton, Vt. Nina Pascal Butler, who received permission from Vermont to solemnize the marriage, officiated at the Ponds at Bolton, an events space.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2018

The high court on Tuesday ruled Janetta Gardiner can solemnize her relationship with her boyfriend of three years.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2014

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

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2014

It would be a bad day for the city if all the clergy and all the other authorities who are authorized to solemnize marriage should take this step.

From The Meaning of Evolution by Samuel Christian Schmucker

This is followed by an audience participation segment, in which Edna solemnizes the marriage between two perfect strangers, one of whom happened to be already married.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2015

It solemnizes and legitimizes and dignifies those who have departed into the squalid indignity of death, departed in a way so inhuman that humanity wants to pile on posthumous kindnesses, posthumous significances.

From Time Magazine Archive

Therefore during the five weeks which the Church solemnizes on account of Christ's Resurrection, and on Sundays which commemorate the Resurrection, fasts ought to be appointed.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas

I came here humble, poor, and empty-handed, and he solemnizes my return by offering presents to my mother and my sisters!

From The Youth of the Great Elector by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

To those who are beautiful—and poor Peggy had possessed that frequently fatal gift—death in its first stage, bestows an expression of mournful tenderness that softens while it solemnizes the heart.

From The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton

They lured religious leaders out of their homes by pretending to need a marriage solemnized.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023

A grand boldness solemnized Mälkki’s performances of Russian scores by Tchaikovsky and Scriabin with the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2021

“It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”

From Fox News ● Jul. 4, 2020

The non-ruling paved the way for same-sex marriages to be solemnized in 11 more states, including Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2014

The second is the crypt occupied and solemnized by the ponderous funereal pomps of the late Duke of Wellington.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

The Scottish Episcopal Church opened the door to solemnizing same-sex marriages in 2017, the Church of Scotland last May.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023

Despite facing an outstanding arrest warrant for solemnizing Arzoo’s marriage, he continued his practice in his ramshackle office above a wholesale rice market in downtown Karachi.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2020

“I would really love the opportunity to participate in solemnizing Congress,” Barker said in an interview.

From Washington Post ● May 5, 2016

The various religious denominations throughout the country are invited to meet in their respective places of worship at that hour for the purpose of solemnizing the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson

Preparations were now immediately made for solemnizing the marriage and bringing the young queen at once to England.

From Margaret of Anjou Makers of History by Jacob Abbott