solemnize

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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

The wording he proposed would make clear that the government cannot force a clergy member to solemnize any marriage in violation of the clergy person’s religious beliefs.

From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 2015

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

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2014

By the desert's endless vigil We will solemnize your passions, By the wheel of the black eagle We will teach you exaltations, When he sails against the wind, to the white spot up in heaven.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett